Two male ancestor figures "kandimboang" · Papua New Guinea - Ramu River · ID: 3037708
sold
EUR 450
Provenance
b) Pitt Rivers, Oxford, Great Britainb) Lemaire, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Description
wood, a) mat black patina, h: 15,5 cm, accurately carved, characteristic bow-shaped nose (“beak style”), fine linear ornaments, three plant fibre plaits, slightly dam., crack (back), acrylic base; b) reddish brown patina, h: 17 cm, short nose with pierced septum, base
The object Two male ancestor figures “kandimboang” with the object ID 3037708 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 31 achieved a sales price of EUR 450.
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