Male ritual figure · Papua New Guinea, South Abelam / Wosera · ID: 3040694
German Private Collection, Hesse
Description
wood, red, white and black pigment, the body dyed with red pigment, ornaments partly carved (bracelets and leg rings, necklace), partly painted, “net-bag-pattern” on belly and arms, face painting only preserved in residues, slightly dam., missing parts (superstructure broken off), cracks, abrasion of paint, base;
presumably depicting an important ancestor. The figure might have been crowned by a hornbill, resp. hornbill head as clan emblem or emblem of headhunting.
The object Male ritual figure with the object ID 3040694 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 71.
You can find more Figures and other popular object types on our related topic pages. You may also be interested in our page on Oceanian art.