Portrait of a spirit head · Papua New Guinea, Abelam · ID: 3039150
sold
EUR 250
Provenance
Heinz Eckert-Greifendorff, Aachen, GermanySize
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).
Comparing literature
Koch, Gerd, Kultur der Abelam, Berlin 1968, ill. 35