Standing male figure · Papua New Guinea - Sepik · ID: 3038851
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Provenance
Taylor Dale, Santa Fé, New Mexico, USASize
H: 45 cm
H: 17.7 inch
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, strong legs rising from short club feet, fine incisions of a banded tattoo recognizable across the chest, body painting in white and turquoise, sacrificial traces (scattered white liquid on head and shoulders), abrasion of paint, base;
presumably depicting the spirit of a venerated ancestor.
The object Standing male figure with the object ID 3038851 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 38.
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