new-guinea-wooden-ancestor-totems
Lot 769
New Guinea Wooden Ancestor Totems
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
The first, early 20th century, a household post painted allover with natural pigments, the subject being a man's bust wearing an avian headdress. Presented on a beveled stand (25 in.; 27 in. with base) (Some light wear and small chips to the paint, which is largely intact despite its chalk-like qualities); the second is a Sepik River yam figure wearing a stack of helmets (28 in.; 30 in. with base) (some finish wear to extremities).

$300 - 400