Figure d'ancêtre (amulette) · Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Rivière Ramu · ID: 3048296
Vendu
2 100 €
Provenance
presumably:Museum Frankfurt, Germany (since 1904)
V. de Beer, Brussels, Belgium (1952)
(both according to label)
Description
wood, pigment, collection label
The small size of the figure suggests a private use. According to old reports, some men have attached such small figures to their headdresses during ceremonies.
Littérature comparée
Peltier, Philippe et.al., Tanz der Ahnen, Zürich 2015, p. 176 f.