Register Auction 107
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Standing male figure, Papua New Guinea - Sepik, Size: H: 88 cm (H: 34.6 inch), ID: 3053486
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Auction 107

Standing male figure ·  Papua New Guinea - Sepik · ID: 3053486

Starting price
EUR 6,000
Estimated price
EUR 8,000
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Provenance
Arno Henseler, Munich, Germany
Size
H: 88 cm
H: 34.6 inch

Description

wood, pigments, base

The head as abode of vital force is disproportionately emphasized. Such ancestor figures - just like the skulls - embody the deceased.

Comparing literature

Kelm, Heinz, Kunst vom Sepik, Band III, Berlin 1968, ill. 11

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