(SAWA VILLAGE, NORTH-WESTASMAT, WEST PAPUA) c.1980
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A FINE ASMAT ANCESTOR POLE (MBIS POLE)
(SAWA VILLAGE, NORTH-WESTASMAT, WEST PAPUA) c.1980
carved from the trunk and buttress-like root of a mangrove tree, traces of white and red pigment
441.5 cm height
Estimate:
$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for $3,600 (inc. BP) in Auction 7 - 25 March 2009, Melbourne
Provenance
Collected by Todd Barlin, 1986
Monumental Sculpture of West Papua, Sydney College of the Arts Gallery, 2000
Private collection, Sydney