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Figural sculpture - Papua New Guinea - Sepik

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Figural sculpture - Papua New Guinea - Sepik

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wood, reddish brown patina, traces of black paint, encrusted in some areas, unusual features: carved on a circular base and wearing a flat superstructure with side projections, aside of this reminding of the small ancestor figures "kandimboang", incised curvilinear ornaments on the headdress, handwritten collection number on the underside of the base "9-126", slightly dam., crack (base), abrasion of paint
H: 28 cm
Provenance:
Ursula Didoni, Stuttgart, Germany
Continent: Oceania

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Figural sculpture - Papua New Guinea - Sepik

Name: Figural sculpture - Papua New Guinea - Sepik
SKU: 30578185
Price: 800 EUR
Availability: InStock

Estimate €800 - €1,500

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