Pillow of a head crest · Papua New Guinea - Ramu River · ID: 3031452
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Size
B: 54 cm
B: 21.3 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, lancet-shaped board, on either side carved with ancestor spirit and animal head, incised ornaments on the underside, slightly dam., minor missing parts, legs originally attached with rotan (now missing)
The object Pillow of a head crest with the object ID 3031452 was last part of the auction 68th tribal art auction at March 3, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 30.
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Comparing literature
Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Coburg 1986, p. 97