New Guinea Wosera Lintel
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Wosera, New Guinea lintel, complete and intact. Wosera people, Middle Sepik Region. Decorated in polychrome red, yellow, white and black traditional paints. Line of eleven clan ancestor depictions in high relief, bluntly carved, painted and repainted, lastly with Dutch blue trade powder. Collected in 1960's by Paulian Missionary Society, circa 1930 piece. A magnificent architectural piece of huge scale. 141 in. / 358 cm.
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Good with wear from long exposure.
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New Guinea Wosera Lintel
Estimate $15,000 - $20,000
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