A MALE FIGURE

Estimated Value:

1.500 € - 2.500 €

Result:

29.785 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

New Guinea, North Coast
H. 16 cm (o.S.)
Small figure standing on a hemispherical base, dressed in a barkcloth apron. Hands of the freely carved arms resting on the thighs. Surfaces of the thighs, the shoulder blades and the tapering ribcage decorated with curvilinear or rosette-shaped ornaments. A neckless ogival head with a beard tiller. Slanted eyes and arrowhead-shaped nose with pierced septum in recessed facial plane. Small mask face at the back of the head. The figure is covered in ochre.
Important Bavarian Private Collection, purchased at Lempertz Brussels, February 23rd, 1991, Lot 144

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