Lot 59: An Asmat ancestral figure, West New Guinea

Asmat, Irian Jaya; H: 27 1/2"

West Asmat, the figure well carved in light wood, with heavy application of white pigment; finely rendered and with forward thrusting shoulders and arms carved off the body, the figure on an integral base.

Provenance:
Ex. John C. Edler, former curator of the Hemmiter collection.

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