Zemanek-Münster

Spirit figure ·  Papua New Guinea - Sepik · ID: 3033374

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Provenance
Loed van Bussel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Australian Private Collection
Size
H: 66,5 cm
H: 26.2 inch

Description

wood, dyed with red pigment, traces of black paint, carved in “beak style”: the beak-like nose projecting to the abdomen, eyelet for support backside, dam., cracks, paint rubbed off


The object Spirit figure with the object ID 3033374 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 55.

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Comparing literature

Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, p. 193


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