Sculpture of a crocodile
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands
sold
EUR 500
Provenance
German Private Collection, MunichSize
L: 85,5 cm
L: 33.7 inch
Description
wood, pigments,
In the whole area of Papua New Guinea the crocodile represents an important motif for sculpture. It is a preferred motif as stem figure for dugout canoes. As a freely crafted sculpture, it could have served as the embodiment of a totem.