Male figure of an ancestor spirit "blaal" ·  Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Sepik · ID: 3035969

Description

wood, matt black patina, encrustations with red pigment, characteristic form in the so-called “beak style”, with the long projecting beak-like mouth, slightly dam. (tip of the coiffure), crack (beak tip), base;
according to O. Reche the ancestor figures originally were advancements or supplements of the real ancestor skulls. The idea was, that not only a natural head but a whole body should be offered as abode to the soul of the deceased. According to Reche it can be assumed, that the original form of an ancestor figure consisted of a natural human skull and a wooden trunk. But this was only a transitional stage and finally was detached by such wooden whole-figure-statuettes.

L’objet Male figure of an ancestor spirit “blaal” avec l’ID d’objet 3035969 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 75th tribal art auction dans 30 novembre 2013 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 40 a atteint un prix de vente de 4 000 €.

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