Male ritual figure "wapinyan" · Papua New Guinea, Abelam · ID: 3044345
sold
EUR 750
Provenance
Gerhard & Gisela Hoffmann, Würzburg, GermanySize
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