Mortier en pierre préhistorique · Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Sepik oriental · ID: 3052681
Prix d'appel
3 000 €
Prix d'Estimation
6 000 €
Provenance
John & Marcia Friede, Rye, USATaille
M: 11,4 x 27 x 21 cm
M: 11,4 x 27 x 8.3 inch
Description
This stone mortar was elaborately decorated with geometric patterns and knobs arranged in two rows one below the other. It originates from the eastern Sepik, between the Yuat and Keram rivers.
Littérature comparée
Swadling, Pamela et al., Prehistoric stone artefacts from Enga (...), in: Journal de la Société des Océanistes, 126-127, Année 2008.
Publications
Friede, John et. al., New Guinea Highlands, 2017, p. 36, ill. 1.31.
Remarques
This object is subject to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Protection Act. Export documents are required for export (subjected to a fee).