Zemanek-Münster

Neckrest

Papua New Guinea - Ramu River
sold EUR 2,400
Provenance
Marc Lissauer, Australia (beginning of the 1960’s)
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Size
H: 13 cm
B: 42 cm
H: 5.1 inch
B: 16.5 inch

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, bamboo, rattan, plant fibre, classical ancestral representations and crocodile heads on both sides, toothed middle ridge on the underside of the pillow, slightly dam., abrasion of paint, fixing with plant fibre partly loose


Comparing literature

Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, p. 195

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