Male ancestor figure «kandingbong»
Sepik, Papua-Neuguinea
wood, brown patina, white pigment remains, rising from slightly bent bulky legs, supporting a slender trunk which is flanked by free carved arms, both hands resting aside the upper legs, an oval head with stylized facial features and a nose with pierced septum, crowned by a high tapering headgear, fissures, slight signs of abrasion, missing parts (feet), on wooden base; H: 68,5 cm

Provenance:
James Davidson Collection, Melbourne, Australia
Anthony JP Meyer, Paris, France

Published in:
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Lit.: Kelm, Heinz, Kunst vom Sepik, Band III, Berlin 1968, ill. 8