Ein Paar Ahnenfiguren der Wosera (südliche Abelam), Ost-Sepik, Papua-Neuguinea
06.05.2023 10:00UTC +01:00
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5500EUR € 5 500
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ID 947039
Lot 343 | Ein Paar Ahnenfiguren der Wosera (südliche Abelam), Ost-Sepik, Papua-Neuguinea
Estimate value
€ 5 500
Siehe Meyer, Ozeanische Kunst, 1995, S. 276ff., Abb. 303ff. und Stöhr, Kunst und Kultur der Südsee, Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, 1987, S. 76.
Provenienz: Süddeutsche Privatsammlung.
A pair of Papua New Guinean ancestor figures of the Wosera tribe (southern Abelam), East Sepik
Stylised wooden figures of a man and a woman with pronounced sexual features, polychrome in kaolin and redwood powder. On carved oval socles and mounted on rectangular metal plates. Small cracks, worming, the socles with losses. Height of either figure 60 cm.
Cf.: Ozeanische Kunst, 1995, p. 276ff., fig. 303ff, and Stöhr, Kunst und Kultur der Südsee, Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, 1987, p. 76.
Provenance: South German private collection.
Condition: II - III
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