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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

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