tribal art




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a magnificent iatmul ,skull,middel Sepik
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Pre 1920 item# 1199525
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galerie Cecile Kerner
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a magnificent over modelled sepik skull from an old german collection .Human skull, clay, paint, human hair, cowrie shells, fiber.
human skull, overmodeled with clay and ornamentally painted with pigments , eyes with cowrie snail inlay, real hair coiffure, the forehead zone with incised nassa snails . overmodeled skulls play a fundamental role in preserving the memory of a clan's origins. The skulls of a clan's founding ancestors are often kept and displayed, as are those of family an ...click for details
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