Ancestral board "gope" · Papua New Guinea - Golf, Purari Delta · ID: 3037649
Vendu
1 000 €
Provenance
Nancy Bird Walton (1915-2009), New South Wales, AustraliaJoan Bowers Collection, Sydney, Australia
Nancy Bird Walton was the youngest Australian woman to gain a pilot’s licence. She was seventeen at the time and the year was 1933. She became a pioneering Australian aviator, and was the founder and patron of the Australian Women Pilots’ Association.
Description
wood, brown patina, white pigment, carved with the stylized figure of an ancestor spirit and cross-shaped emblem, the raised contours accentuated with brown paint, unusual form, slightly dam., small traces of insect caused damage (backside), crack (at the bottom)
L’objet Ancestral board “gope” avec l’ID d’objet 3037649 a fait partie de la vente aux enchères 78th tribal art auction dans 18 octobre 2014. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 27 a atteint un prix de vente de 1 000 € pour un prix d’adjudication de 900 €.
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