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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.).

Comparing literature

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

Oceania
Figures

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