EAST SEPIK RIVER KNEELING FIGURE

EAST SEPIK RIVER KNEELING FIGURE - image-1
EAST SEPIK RIVER KNEELING FIGURE - image-2
EAST SEPIK RIVER KNEELING FIGURE - image-1EAST SEPIK RIVER KNEELING FIGURE - image-2

EAST SEPIK RIVER KNEELING FIGURE
Lower Sepik/Ramu River area, Papua New Guinea

26 cm. high

Cf. Menter, U., "Ozeanien: Kult und Visionen: Verborgene Schätze aus deutschen Völkerkundemuseen", Munich, 2003, p.34, fig.7, for a figure of similar size and posture in the Umlauff collection before 1925 and now in the Museum der Weltkulturen, Frankfurt.

Provenienz

Hinrich Bolten, Hamburg, owner of a sawmill in Papua New Guinea from 1905 until the beginning of WWI.

Auktion 1103, Brussels

Lot 301 Dα

Schätzpreis:
15.000 € - 20.000 €

Ergebnis:
59.520 €

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