Small standing ancestor figure · Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik · ID: 3033653

Name: Small standing ancestor figure
SKU: 3033653
Price: 1500 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

sold EUR 1,500

Provenance

collected in situ by the German Radio Officer Lehr, on duty for the North German Lloyd (on a ship called “Friderum”), 1921-1928

Size

H: 18 cm

H: 7.1 inch

Description

wood, redish brown patina, stylized form, face with beak-like prolongation of the nose reaching down to the navel, min. dam., minor missing parts, slight traces of abrasion, on wooden base;
figures with such a long beak-like nose are characteristic for the area of the Lower Sepik, pointing to the close connection between man and bird, referring to the religious belief of the bird as bearer of the human soul into the other world (spirit bird).

The object Small standing ancestor figure with the object ID 3033653 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 62 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,500.

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