Tribal Art & Antiquities - 22nd September 2020

Lot 463

A Wosera standing female figure Papua New Guinea with a sloping back headdress and shallow...

Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £900

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Description

A Wosera standing female figure

Papua New Guinea

with a sloping back headdress and shallow crested back coiffure, with linear carving to the arms, with a red ground pigment and with grey, black and white pigment over, including a ringlet necklace,

124.5cm high, mounted on a wood base. (2)

Exhibited

100 objets d'oceanie, Musee d'Avranches, mars/mai 1965.