Standing male ancestor figure "kawe" · Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), Asmat · ID: 3033521
Vendu
2 000 €
Provenance
Art Concern, Baarn, The NetherlandsDescription
iron wood, brown patina, traces of black paint, fragmentary body with elongated forms, both arms and the right leg missing, expressive facial features with tapering nose, on metal plate;
such figures are carved for the building of a new Men’s House and are left to decay after the inauguration ceremonies. They represent the first humans, or “asmat”.
Littérature comparée
Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, p. 82, ill. 62