Male ritual figure · Papua New Guinea, South Abelam / Wosera · ID: 3050369
sold
EUR 800
Provenance
Ulrich Kortmann, Dortmund, GermanyCornette de Saint Cyr, Paris-Drouot, 28 June 2001, Lot 129
Hessian Private Collection, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 May 2016, Lot 71
Size
H: 149 cm
H: 58.7 inch
Description
wood, colour pigments,
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 3050369 was last part of the auction 101st Auction at November 11, 2023 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 22 achieved a sales price of EUR 800.
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