Male ritual figure "wapinyan", Papua New Guinea, Abelam, Size: H: 129 cm (H: 50.8 inch), ID: 3044345

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Lot 59

90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art

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

sold EUR 750

Provenance

Gerhard & Gisela Hoffmann, Würzburg, Germany

Size

H: 129 cm

H: 50.8 inch

Description

wood, pigment,

Comparing literature

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

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