Neckrest · Papua New Guinea - Sepik · ID: 3035607
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Provenance
Charles Wentinck, Saumane, FranceSize
H: 10,5 cm
B: 56 cm
H: 4.1 inch
B: 22.0 inch
Description
wood, reddish brown patina, bamboo, rattan, slightly vaulted pillow, on both ends carved with lying ancestor spirit figures with crocodile heads, incised curvilinear ornaments on the underside, legs in shape of fire-bent bamboo bars, fixed with rattan at the base (missing on one side), slightly dam., missing parts (body of one of the ancestor figures, rims)