Portrait of a spirits head · Papua New Guinea, Abelam · ID: 3041628
sold
EUR 600
Size
H: 33 cm
H: 13.0 inch
Description
wood, painted in traditional colours (with yellow and red ochre, black pigment), with diadem from dog teeth, forehead emblem and jagged beard, insect caused missing parts, cracks, rep. (breakage at the left rim), abrasion of paint, base;
representing a clan spirit, which were attached to the face wall of ritual houses (on both ends of a wooden beam). Might encorporate a yams spirit as well.
The object Portrait of a spirits head with the object ID 3041628 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 21 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.
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