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Description : [ Tribal Art ] UNTERER SEPIK, Papua-Neuguinea Mannliche Ahnenfigur Holz, matte Patina, auf einer erhohten Plinthe stehend, langer schmaler Torso, frei gearbeitete, lange Arme, gerundete Schulterpartie, ausdrucksstarkes Gesicht mit Resten von Beopferungsspuren, leicht besch., Risse, Abriebspuren, auf Holzsockel montiert, vielleicht von dem Volk der Angoram des Dorfes Kanduonum am Fluss Yuat angefertigt, derartige Figuren wurden angefertigt um an die Ahnen zu erinnern und wurden oft als Portraits aufgefasst Male ancestor figure wood, dull patina, standing on a raised plinth, long, narrow torso, free worked, long arms, rounded shoulders, expressive face with remains of sacrificial traces, min. dam., cracks, signs of abrasion, on wooden base, probably made by Angoram people from the Kanduonum village area near the Yuat river, such statues were made to commemorate especially venerated ancestors, and were often conceived as portraits H: 46 cm, 19th or early 20th century (4310/1) PROVENANCE PRIVATE CANADIAN COLL. KEVIN CONRU, LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN PUBLISHED: CONRU, KEVIN, SOUTHEAST AFRICAN AND OCEANIC ART, BRUSSEL 2005
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Estimate (low-high) : 6500 EUR-10000 EUR It's free to register now to view!

About the lot N° 28
Title : Tribal Art
Zemanek-Muenster, auctioneer It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : 46th Tribal-art-auction
Sale date : 20 May 2006 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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