Neckrest · Papua New Guinea - Sepik · ID: 3038353
sold
EUR 28,000
Size
H: 17 cm
B: 14 cm
H: 6.7 inch
B: 5.5 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, encrusted in some areas, red pigment, six caryatid figures, two of them are spirit figures (marked by long pointed noses) and two of them ancestor figures (marked by short noses), each in characteristic “beak style”, with identical formed bodies, slightly dam., minor missing parts (pillow, nose, base), rep. (breakage base/spirit figure), crack (pillow)
The object Neckrest with the object ID 3038353 was part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction on March 21, 2015. The object with the lot number 48 achieved a sales price of EUR 28,000 with an asking price of EUR 1,500.
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