Two sepulchral steles
Papua New Guinea - Oberer Sepik, May River
sold
EUR 2,000
Provenance
Wayne Heathcote, AustraliaSize
H: 85,5/86 cm
H: 85,5/33.9 inch
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