Male ritual figure · Papua New Guinea - Wosera · ID: 3038997
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Provenance
Edwin Dethlefsen, Cambridge, USAJacques Lebrat, Paris, France
Size
H: 70,5 cm
H: 27.8 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, red, black and white pigment, deepened eyeholes with shell inlay, carved with cymbium breast ornament and bracelets, legs painted with net-like patterns, slightly dam. (ears, feet), missing part: head ornament (presumably hornbill head), fine cracks, abrasion of paint, metal plate
The object Male ritual figure with the object ID 3038997 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 43.
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