African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 15th December 2021

Lot 990

An Iatmul maternity figure

Estimate £6,000 - £8,000

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Description

An Iatmul maternity figure

Middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea

the standing female figure supporting her child on her side, the domed base with a seated mother breast feeding her child,

85.5cm high, in a base.

Provenance

Josef Herman Collection, London.

Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, Tribal Art, 2nd July 2013, lot 1042A.