Ornament · Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), Asmat · ID: 3038786
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Provenance
Inge Hett, Berlin, GermanySize
H: 39,5 cm
H: 15.6 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, red pigment, two highly stylized anthropomorphic half figures with raised arms arranged mirror-inverted, their faces carved with ornaments, slightly dam., base;
presumably representing ancestor spirits; possibly from the stem of a canoe.
The object Ornament with the object ID 3038786 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 26.
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