Pilon figuratif en pierre · Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Moyen Sepik, Yanitobak, Karawari · ID: 3052655
Anthony JP Meyer, Paris, France
John & Marcia Friede, Rye, USA
Description
handwritten collection no. (illegible; probably Alister McAlpine).
The knob of the pestle is embraced by a stylized figure, which Anthony Meyers identifies as human in “Oceanic Art” (p. 15, fig. 4). However, a comparable form on an artifact from the Jolika Collection at Friede (see Highlands, p. 42, fig. 1.40) suggests that a zoomorphic interpretation is also possible.
L’objet Pilon figuratif en pierre numéro d’objet 3052655, a fait partie de la dernière Vente aux enchères 105 du 15 novembre 2025 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 139 a atteint un prix de vente de 9 000 €.
Littérature comparée
Friede, John et. al. (ed.), New Guinea Highlands, New York 2017, p. 42, ill. 1.40.
Publications
Meyer, Anthony, Oceanic Art, 1955, p. 15, ill. 4; Pawley, Andrew et. al. (eds.), Papuan Pasts, Cultural Linguistic and Biological Histories of Papuan Speaking Peoples, p. 294, ill. 1