African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 15th December 2021
Lot 870
A Bioma head fragment
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £280
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Description
A Bioma head fragment
Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea
with pigment, the back numbered 155,
20.7cm high,
a Papua New Guinea woven fibre hat with an applied animal skull and cowrie shells, 17cm high, an Indonesian animal pelvis bone mask with a clay nose and mouth and animal hair moustache and beard, 36cm long and an Indonesian bovine skull mask with carved decoration and a male and female carved to the horn terminals, 38cm high. (4)
Provenance
Werner Forman Collection (1921 - 2010)