Male ritual figure "wapinyan" · Papua New Guinea, Abelam · ID: 3044345

Name: Male ritual figure "wapinyan"
SKU: 3044345
Price: 750 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

sold EUR 750

Provenance

Gerhard & Gisela Hoffmann, Würzburg, Germany

Size

H: 129 cm

H: 50.8 inch

Description

wood, pigment,

The object Male ritual figure “wapinyan” with the object ID 3044345 was last part of the auction 90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art at November 17, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 59 achieved a sales price of EUR 750.

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Comparing literature

Koch, Gert, Kultur der Abelam, Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin 1968, ill. 8, 43

Oceania

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