Standing female ritual figure · Papua New Guinea, Sepik, Middle, Maprik, Abelam · ID: 3033667
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Provenance
Dieter Eichhorn, Herne, GermanyDescription
wood, the body dyed in red with accents in black and white, the face painted with yellow ochre, breast- and arm ornaments partly painted, partly carved in flat relief, slightly dam., missing parts through insect caused damage (head-neck-back), crack (base), paint rubbed off, on plate;
presumably used in context with fertility rites.