Standing female ancestor figure, around 1900

Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands

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.).

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

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