Sculpture of a crocodile · Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands · ID: 3051756
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.
The object Sculpture of a crocodile with the object ID 3051756 was part of the auction Auction 104 on April 12, 2025. The object with the lot number 216 achieved a sales price of EUR 500 with an asking price of EUR 400.
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