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Lot 147 Dα

LOWER SEPIK RIVER CHARM FIGURES

Auktion 1241 - Übersicht Brussels
31.01.2024, 14:00 - Art of Africa, the Pacific and the Americas
Schätzpreis: 15.000 € - 20.000 €

LOWER SEPIK RIVER CHARM FIGURES
Papua New Guinea

21 cm. high

Provenienz

Nasser Gallery, New York
Bruce Frank, New York

Literaturhinweise

"Art of the South Seas, Selected works of art from Nasser&Co", New York, 2010, no.20
Fogel, J. (Ed.), "Powerful Magic: Miniature Sculptures from the Sepik River Region", New York, 2013, fig.4

Cf. Peltier, P. et al., "Sepik: Arts de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée", Paris, 2015, p.281, fig.164, for three linked figures in the Museum der Kulturen Basel, from Kundiman village in the Yuat linguistic area, said to have served as men’s personal companions