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Standing female ancestor figure, around 1900, Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands, Size: H: 66,5 cm (H: 26.2 inch), ID: 3050972
Standing female ancestor figure, around 1900, Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands, Size: H: 66,5 cm (H: 26.2 inch), ID: 3050972 - 2/6 Standing female ancestor figure, around 1900, Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands, Size: H: 66,5 cm (H: 26.2 inch), ID: 3050972 - 3/6 Standing female ancestor figure, around 1900, Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands, Size: H: 66,5 cm (H: 26.2 inch), ID: 3050972 - 4/6 Standing female ancestor figure, around 1900, Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands, Size: H: 66,5 cm (H: 26.2 inch), ID: 3050972 - 5/6 Standing female ancestor figure, around 1900, Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands, Size: H: 66,5 cm (H: 26.2 inch), ID: 3050972 - 6/6
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Lot 59
Auction 103

Standing female ancestor figure, around 1900 ·  Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands · ID: 3050972

sold EUR 1,100
Provenance
Munich Private Collection
Size
H: 66,5 cm
H: 26.2 inch

Description

wood, colour pigments, rest.

Possibly formerly crowning a tree ladder (cf. Kaufmann, 2002, p. 104 f.).

The object Standing female ancestor figure, around 1900 with the object ID 3050972 was last part of the auction Auction 103 at November 16, 2024 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 59 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,100.

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Comparing literature

Kaufmann, Christian & Christin Kocher Schmid et. al., Admirality islands, Zurich 2002

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