ANCESTOR STATUETTE - Sepik culture, East Sepik (province), Papua New Guinea - Circa 1900

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ANCESTOR STATUETTE - Sepik culture, East Sepik (province), Papua New Guinea - Circa 1900

Name: ANCESTOR STATUETTE - Sepik culture, East Sepik (province), Papua New Guinea - Circa 1900
Brand: Antikeo
SKU: N8IKOINJAX
Price: 640 EUR
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640 €

Period 19th century

Style Tribal Art

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ANCESTOR STATUETTE
Sepik culture, East Sepik (province), Papua New Guinea
Around 1900
Wood and pigments
H.: 31.2; W.: 5.5 cm
(old accident)

Stylized anthropo-zoomorphic figure in monoxyl wood standing, feet merged on a circular base and hands resting on the upper thighs. Its bust is entirely incised with friezes of sawtooth patterns, its stylized face has a nose in the shape of a tapered bird's beak, with protruding nostrils, ending in a volute on its torso, its eyebrows are finely drawn and it wears an incised conical headdress.

Ref.: 4953

Ref: N8IKOINJAX

Additional Information

Condition	Very good
Style	Tribal Art (Oceanic Statues, Carving, Cult Figures of Tribal Art Style)
Period	19th century (Oceanic Statues, Carving, Cult Figures 19th century)
Country of origin	Papua New Guinea