Lot Essay
Such figures were used in mortuary ceremonies and represent ancestral cult heros.
Property of MR. and MRS. STANLEY MARCUS
A MELVILLE ISLANDS FIGURE
Details
A MELVILLE ISLANDS FIGURE
Standing on a domed cylindrical base with straight legs, cylindrical torso with short arms held away from the body, thick cylindrical neck supporting an oval shaped head with a small nose, sharply undercut brow, the body and face in yellow, orange and white lattice and dotted fields, 38¼in. (97.2cm.) high
Standing on a domed cylindrical base with straight legs, cylindrical torso with short arms held away from the body, thick cylindrical neck supporting an oval shaped head with a small nose, sharply undercut brow, the body and face in yellow, orange and white lattice and dotted fields, 38¼in. (97.2cm.) high
Provenance
Stephen Kellner, Sydney, 1970