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Portrait of a spirit's head, suspension hook and a wickerwork mask
Sepik, Papua-Neuguinea

Group of three objects, spirit's head, Maprik, h: 38 cm, wood, dyed in black and yellow ochre, painted with red and white pigment, of oval hollowed form with a disc-shaped flattened beard and diadem-like head ornament, slightly dam., minor missing parts; depicting a clan spirit, attached to the front of ritual houses; suspension hook in the shape of a squatting female figure, Sepik, h: 63 cm, wood, dull, dark brown patina, carved on a triangular base with mask face and crocodiles aside, their tails forming the hooks for suspension, place of repair (ankle), spread with blackish mass; such hooks were used to hang up baskets and nets with food in order to protect them against mice and rats; small wickerwork mask, h: 19 cm, spread with red, white and blackish mass, ears, eyes and nose worked separately, Middle Sepik,
(4896/089)

Provenance:
Kleine Flechtmaske: E. Junkelmann, Schloß Lustheim bei Schleißheim, Germany (1965)
Coll. Dr. Georg Aumann, Coburg, Germany

Lit.:
Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Ausst.kat., Naturwissenschaftliches Museum Coburg 1986, p. 82 (spirit's head), p. 90 f.

Portrait of a spirit's head, suspension hook and a wickerwork mask
Sepik, Papua-Neuguinea

Group of three objects, spirit's head, Maprik, h: 38 cm, wood, dyed in black and yellow ochre, painted with red and white pigment, of oval hollowed form with a disc-shaped flattened beard and diadem-like head ornament, slightly dam., minor missing parts; depicting a clan spirit, attached to the front of ritual houses; suspension hook in the shape of a squatting female figure, Sepik, h: 63 cm, wood, dull, dark brown patina, carved on a triangular base with mask face and crocodiles aside, their tails forming the hooks for suspension, place of repair (ankle), spread with blackish mass; such hooks were used to hang up baskets and nets with food in order to protect them against mice and rats; small wickerwork mask, h: 19 cm, spread with red, white and blackish mass, ears, eyes and nose worked separately, Middle Sepik,
(4896/089)

Provenance:
Kleine Flechtmaske: E. Junkelmann, Schloß Lustheim bei Schleißheim, Germany (1965)
Coll. Dr. Georg Aumann, Coburg, Germany

Lit.:
Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Ausst.kat., Naturwissenschaftliches Museum Coburg 1986, p. 82 (spirit's head), p. 90 f.