Standing female ritual figure · Papua New Guinea, Sepik, Middle, Maprik, Abelam · ID: 3033667
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Provenance
Dieter Eichhorn, Herne, GermanySize
H: 62 cm
H: 24.4 inch
Description
wood, the body dyed in red with accents in black and white, the face painted with yellow ochre, breast- and arm ornaments partly painted, partly carved in flat relief, slightly dam., missing parts through insect caused damage (head-neck-back), crack (base), paint rubbed off, on plate;
presumably used in context with fertility rites.
The object Standing female ritual figure with the object ID 3033667 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 37.
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