Carved post ·  Papua New Guinea - Middle Sepik, Iatmul · ID: 3036753

Description

wood, lime, red and white pigment, carved with the face of an ancestral spirit on both sides, one of them sticking its tongue out at the beholder, round eyes accentuated by a drop-shaped framing, flanks of the post carved in stepped cascades, old collection number “PK 144”, slightly dam., cracks, traces of insect caused damage and weathering at the base