Manam Islands Figural Canoe Implement, Ramu River Papua New Guinea
height 13 1/2in (34.2cm)
Wood, pigments
Provenance:
Joseph Herman, New York
Kevin Conru, Brussels
Private Collection, New York
This work is probably part of a large ocean-going canoe due to its swept back posture and the rectangular hole at the base of the figure. (Michael Hamson, personal correspondence).
Considerably aged surface patina with encrustations
Wood, pigments
Provenance:
Joseph Herman, New York
Kevin Conru, Brussels
Private Collection, New York
This work is probably part of a large ocean-going canoe due to its swept back posture and the rectangular hole at the base of the figure. (Michael Hamson, personal correspondence).
Considerably aged surface patina with encrustations
Estimate:
US$ 15,000 - 20,000
€12,000 - 16,000
£9,900 - 13,000
€12,000 - 16,000
£9,900 - 13,000
Category: Ethnographic Art / African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art
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