Prehistoric stone mortar with anthropomorphic face · Papua New Guinea - Highlands · ID: 3052674
Starting price
EUR 4,000
Estimated price
EUR 8,000
Provenance
Found by the previous owner in a ship’s hold during voyage from Papua New Guinea to New ZealandJohn & Marcia Friede, Rye, USA
Size
M: 14,6 x 22,9 x 21,6 cm
M: 14,6 x 22,9 x 8.5 inch
Description
basalt,
The massive mortar may originate from the province of Simbu. This is suggested by the large bosses that run around the mortar in a wreath-like pattern and the eliptical eyes of the stylized anthropomorphic face.
Comparing literature
Swadling, Pamela et al., Prehistoric stone artefacts from Enga (...), in: Journal de la Société des Océanistes, 126-127, Année 2008
Publications
Friede, John et. al., New Guinea Highlands. Art from the Jolika Collection, 2017, p. 31, ill. 1.22
Notices
This object is subject to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Protection Act. Export documents are required for export (subjected to a fee).