Post-shaped sculpture with two anthropomorphic heads ·  Papua New Guinea - Korewori · ID: 3032580

Description

wood, encrusted dark brown patina, the natural form of the tree trunk with two crutches recognizable, carved with two anthropomorphic heads arranged one upon the other, curvilinear ornaments and diadem-like crowning, slightly dam., on metal plate;
presumably depicting a kind of “earth mother”, called “tunegatsir” or “gergar”.

The object Post-shaped sculpture with two anthropomorphic heads with the object ID 3032580 was last part of the auction 68th tribal art auction at March 3, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 27 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,000.

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Comparing literature

Kaufmann, Christian, Korewori - Magische Kunst aus dem Regenwald, Basel 2003, ill. 118