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Catalogusnummer: 5603
Papua, North West Asmat, Sor river, Yaosokor Village, a hard wooden anthropomorphic head
with an unusual very expressive facial details, showing circular eyes, pierced septum in an articulated nose.
h. 41 cm. On a custom made stand.
Provenance: Galerie Meyer - Oceanic Art, Anthony JP Meyer, Paris. According to Galerie Meyer: The head was waxed by the previous owner who acquired it from Winkler in Holland. Early to mid 20th century, Collected in the field by Mr Winkler on the upper reaches of the Sor River above Yaosokor Village in 1957. Ref.: Konrad, Gunter & Ursula & Schneebaum, Tobias: Asmat, life with the ancestors. Friedhelm Bruckner, Glashutten, 1981.”
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