Important Fine Art + Indigenous Art - 29 November 2017 | Melbourne
Lot 142
YIPWON SPIRIT FIGURE, YIMAM PEOPLE, KOREWORI RIVER REGION, EAST SEPIK PROVINCE, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, c.1930
321.0 cm height
Estimate:
$14,000 – 18,000
Lot sold: $19,520 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
YIPWON SPIRIT FIGURE, YIMAM PEOPLE, KOREWORI RIVER REGION, EAST SEPIK PROVINCE, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, c.1930
321.0 cm height
Provenance
Collected by a German missionary working in Papua New Guinea c.1930
J. Ainger, Melbourne, 1985
Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above