Important Aboriginal Art - 26 March 2014 | Melbourne
Lot 158
EAST SEPIK Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
A MONUMENTAL ABELAM CEREMONIAL HEAD
carved wood with yellow, black, white and red pigments
101.0 cm height
Estimate:
$2,800 - 3,800
Lot Details
Description
EAST SEPIK Province, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
A MONUMENTAL ABELAM CEREMONIAL HEAD
carved wood with yellow, black, white and red pigments
101.0 cm height
Provenance
Private collection, Melbourne, collected Maprik, East Sepik Region, early 1960s
Catalogue text
These large sculptural objects were created and used in the context of the spirit cult or possibly yam cult in the haus tambaran (traditional ancestral worship house).