Panggal painting with male and female figures

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Panggal painting, painted on the spathe of the sago palm, representing standing male and female figures. Above a spirit bird and left and right a spirit tree.

Origin
Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik Province, Keram River
Period
2nd quarter 20th century
Reference
974
Provenance
Ex coll.: The Divine Word Missionaries, SVD, founded at Steyl. Collected by missionary Georg Höltker in 1936-1939.
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