Standing male figure · Papua New Guinea - Maprik · ID: 3033599
Günther Markert, Munich, Germany
Description
wood, painted with red and yellow ochre, black paint and white pigment, high-towering slender body, crowned by a hornbill, ornamentally painted, dam., cracks (above all backside), paint rubbed off;
representing the Yams spirit “wapinyan” or a male ancestor. The hornbill, an important ancestral head-hunting symbol, presumably alluding to his skill as warrior.
The object Standing male figure with the object ID 3033599 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 67 achieved a sales price of EUR 750.
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Comparing literature
Koch, Gert, Kultur der Abelam, Berlin 1968, p. 40