Zemanek-Münster

Neckrest

Papua New Guinea - Sepik
not available anymore
Provenance
Charles Wentinck, Saumane, France
Size
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)


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