Paddle · Papua New Guinea - Sepik · ID: 3036768
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Provenance
Paul Heinz Oidtmann, Dortmund, GermanySize
L: 185 cm
L: 72.8 inch
Description
wood, matt greyish brown patina, decorated with incised curvilinear ornaments and the stylized face of an ancestral spirit, crocodile head at the lower end, missing parts (tip, rim), abrasion of paint
The object Paddle with the object ID 3036768 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 59.
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