Two sepulchral steles ·  Papua New Guinea - Oberer Sepik, May River · ID: 3037101

Description

wood, dark brown patina, red pigment, board-shaped flat and narrow, crowned by the heads of ancestor spirits, the front divided in four compartments, decorated with ornaments in bas-relief, slightly dam., minor missing parts

The object Two sepulchral steles with the object ID 3037101 was part of the auction 77th tribal art auction on June 28, 2014. The object with the lot number 60 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,000 with an asking price of EUR 1,800.

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