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NEW GUINEA
Details
A SEPIK RIVER ANCESTOR FIGURE
New Guinea
The male figure standing with the hands on the sides of the abdomen, the flat oval face with protruding tongue and carved nose ornament, the eyes inlaid with shell discs a crocodile in relief on the back of the head, standing on domed oval base with mask in relief on the back, painted ornament in red, black and white.
63 in. (160 cm.) high
New Guinea
The male figure standing with the hands on the sides of the abdomen, the flat oval face with protruding tongue and carved nose ornament, the eyes inlaid with shell discs a crocodile in relief on the back of the head, standing on domed oval base with mask in relief on the back, painted ornament in red, black and white.
63 in. (160 cm.) high
Provenance
Peter Natan, Denver, 1968