Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2023
Lot 1615
A Paiwan house panel
Estimate £4,000 - £6,000 | Hammer £7500
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Description
A Paiwan house panel
Taiwan
relief carved a standing warrior wearing a horned headdress with feathers and holding a long knife and a harpoon in each hand and with a crossbow stock /rifle to his right, and with an animal to the left of his head, with pigment decoration,
168.5cm high, 77cm wide.
Provenance
Acquired from Chen Chi-Lu, Taiwan, circa 1979.