Male wooden ancestorfigure, the engraved lines painted in red
Origin
Melanesia, Southwest New Guinea, Coastal Area, Asmat
Period
First half 20th century
Reference
928
Provenance
Ex collection Th.P.P. van Emden.
Published and exhibited:
H.C. van Renselaar, Asmat Art from Southwest New Guinea, Royal Tropical Institute, no. CXXI, Department of Cultural and Physical Anthropology no. 55, Amsterdam, 1961, catalogue nos. 7 and 8, plates 7 and 8