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Lot 42 : Ancestral representation - Wapo-Creek, Golf-Provinz, Papua-Neuguinea
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Ancestral representation
Wapo-Creek, Golf-Provinz, Papua-Neuguinea
light-weighted wood, painted with red, white and black pigment, board-shaped flattened, angled arms and legs spread aside the body, dissolved contours accentuated by grooves dyed in red and white, ornamental facial features, plant fibre tassels aside, slightly dam., traces of insect caused damage backside, place of repair (left leg);
an extraordinary type of ancestral representation. Presumably an aberrant form of «agiba», or skull rack.
H: 66,5 cm, (4896/024)
Provenance:
Coll. Dr. Georg Aumann, Coburg, Germany
Lit.:
Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, p. 120





