Zemanek-Münster

Portrait of a spirit head ·  Papua New Guinea, Abelam · ID: 3039150

sold EUR 250
Provenance
Heinz Eckert-Greifendorff, Aachen, Germany
Size
H: 41,5 cm
H: 16.3 inch

Description

wood, painted in traditional colours (red and yellow ochre, black and white pigment), among others with a diadem of dogs teeth, slightly dam. (nose, chin), minor missing parts (headdress backside), abrasion of paint;
representing a clan spirit, which was attached to the face wall of ritual houses (on both ends of a wooden beam).


The object Portrait of a spirit head with the object ID 3039150 was last part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction at October 31, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 65 achieved a sales price of EUR 250.

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Comparing literature

Koch, Gerd, Kultur der Abelam, Berlin 1968, ill. 35


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