Lot 18
A New Guinea reliquary figure
lg. 82 in.
Ending from 30 March 2023, 19:00 EDT
Skinner Marlborough, MassachusettsUS$700 - US$900
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Michael Evans
American Indian & Ethnographic Art
A New Guinea reliquary figure
Sepik River province, mid 20th century, the long bamboo pole, with woven rattan basketry torso, with outstretched arms with hands, with a painted bark panel on the front, with painted shell pectoral, missing the skull.
lg. 82 in.
lg. 82 in.
Footnotes
Provenance: Private collection, Massachusetts; Private collection, New York city,