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Neckrest ·  Papua New Guinea - Ramu River · ID: 3038114

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


The object Neckrest with the object ID 3038114 was part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction on March 21, 2015. The object with the lot number 41 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,400 with an asking price of EUR 1,800.

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Comparing literature

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


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