Zemanek-Münster

Post-shaped sculpture with two anthropomorphic heads ·  Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Korewori · ID: 3032580

Vendu 3 000 €
Provenance
collected in situ

Description

wood, encrusted dark brown patina, the natural form of the tree trunk with two crutches recognizable, carved with two anthropomorphic heads arranged one upon the other, curvilinear ornaments and diadem-like crowning, slightly dam., on metal plate;
presumably depicting a kind of “earth mother”, called “tunegatsir” or “gergar”.


Littérature comparée

Kaufmann, Christian, Korewori - Magische Kunst aus dem Regenwald, Basel 2003, ill. 118


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