Figure d´ancêtre féminine debout · Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Sepik · ID: 3043059
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Description
wood, matt blackish brown patina, large heavy head, handle-shaped thin arms, slightly dam., minor missing parts, abrasion of paint.
The head as abode of vital force is disproportionately emphasized. Such ancestor figures - just like the skulls - encorporate the deceased.