Lot n° 138
Estimation :
300 - 500
EUR
Indonesia, northwest of the southern Irian coast, Asmat cult - Lot 138
Indonesia, northwest of the southern Irian coast, Asmat culture
Two ancestor statues
Mangrove wood and color pigments
H: 54 cm (the larger)
Purchased in Makassar in the 70s
Bibliography :
Smidt, Dirk (Ed.) Asmat Art: Woodcarvings of Southwest New Guinea, Periplus Editions (HK). Ltd. and the Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden, 1993, and Anthony JP Meyer, Oceanic art, Konemann 1995, pp. 81 sq.
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