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THB19th C. Papua New Guinea Wood Figure w/ Fiber Pouch
Lot 123
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Featuring historical examples from the American, Spanish, and Mexican frontiers, as well as Native American, Ethnographic, Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, more. All items offered for sale have been legally acquired, are legal to sell and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Papua New Guinea, Lower Sepik River, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A fabulous stylized ancestor figure that fits snugly into a fiber and shell bilum bag. The guardian has an anthropomorphic body with slightly bent legs and hands resting on his thighs, but the oversized head is avian. The abstract, mask-like visage points downwards with slanting, ovoid eyes, and a tapering beak extends to the figure's abdomen, just above his genitalia, and curls inward. A knob-like coiffure protrudes from the top of the head. The head is a masterful piece of open work, and in profile a smaller interior loop mirrors the shape of the beak. This human-bird hybrid is a likely an ancestor spirit that would protect the living. The bilum pouch is woven with tightly twisted cords with small white cowrie shells sewn to the exterior and painted with black pigments. This figure may have been stored and carried within this pouch, and both are wonderful examples of traditional artistry! Size of figure: 2.25" W x 6.5" H (5.7 cm x 16.5 cm); size of pouch with strap: 5" L x 4" W x 13.75" H (12.7 cm x 10.2 cm x 34.9 cm)
Provenance: private Lowe collection, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA acquired 1980s
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#138348Minor nicks and abrasions, stable fissure above genitalia, and nice patina! Tearing and fraying of fiber straps. Shells have some chipping to black pigment, but are well preserved!Condition
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