Standing male figure · Papua New Guinea - Sepik · ID: 3041175
Helga & Hans-Jürgen Müller, Stuttgart, Germany
Description
wood, brown patina, small remains of red and white pigment, black paint, large face with remains of curvilinear painting, eyes with cowrie shell inlay, strands of human hair and nassa snails pressed in clay-like mass applied on top of the head, incised geometrical scarification marks on the body, knees and elbows especially accentuated, old inscription on the backside: “Neu Guinea…epik…(unreadable)”, slightly dam., abrasion of paint, cracks (above all on the backside), mass broken out in one place;
figures represent certain founding ancestors or cultural heroes, but various spirit beings as well. The transition above all regarding ancestor figures is fluent, for real ancestors are kept in reminiscence just for a few generations and become “anonymous” lateron.
The object Standing male figure with the object ID 3041175 was part of the auction 84th Tribal Art Auction on November 5, 2016. The object with the lot number 98 achieved a sales price of EUR 10,000 with an asking price of EUR 5,000.
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