Papua New Guinea Male Figure

Standing male figure. Humbolt Bay, Papua New Guinea. Wood, with…
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Standing male figure. Humbolt Bay, Papua New Guinea. Wood, with brown & black decoration, mounted on an acrylic base. Provenance: Johann F. Gustav Umlauff (1833-1889), Hamburg, Germany Ketterer, Munich,18 November 1978, lot 293 (was offered as couple together with a female counterpart). The female figure sold recently at auction in Germany, see Kunstauktionshaus Zemanek-Muenster, auction 89 July 7, 2018, lot 40. Realized price 3780-euro (approx. Aud $6000). Ex Heinz Mars, W?rzburg, Germany. Literature: Webb, Virginia-Lee (ed.), 'Ancestors of the Lake,' Houston 2011, p.27, ill. 13 Continent: Oceania, height 39.5 cm

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