Male ritual figure · Papua New Guinea - Wosera · ID: 3038997

Name: Male ritual figure
SKU: 3038997
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Edwin Dethlefsen, Cambridge, USA
Jacques 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

Oceania

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