Standing male ancestor figure
Sepik, Papua-Neuguinea
wood, reddish and blackish brown patina, dominated by a broad shoulder/breast area with strong, free carved arms and a big head with an oval flattened facial plane, showing T-shaped brows and narrow standing eyes, flanking an arrow-shaped nose and giving the figure a somehow «ferocious» expression, the face painted with curvilinear ornaments, scale-like ornaments in relief on the upper part of the body, slightly dam., minor missing parts, abrasion, on base
H: 53,5 cm

Provenance:
Coll. Rudolf Indlekofer, Basel, Switzerland