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A middle Sepik River ancestral Figure-Mask, Papua New Guinea.…
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Auckland
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17-May-2021
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A middle Sepik River ancestral Figure-Mask, Papua New Guinea. Squatting figure raised on a curvilinear triangle, elbows resting on the thighs, elongated nose reaches the base, imposing headdress, body shaped as another ancestral figure, rattan structure with a few remnant feathers on the backside aperture. The whole sculpture thoroughly incised with geometric motifs and carved with multiple ancestral figures, producing a striking optical effect in the tradition of Sepik arts: complex ancestral representations destabilize and appear to be in constant transformation. Provenance: from the collection of Keith St Cartmail. Height 100 cm, width 30 cm
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Tribal: New Guinean