tribal art
|
|
|
a magnificent iatmul ,skull,middel Sepik
Catalogue:
Antiques:
Regional Art:
Oceanic:
Pre 1920 item# 1199525
|
click for details
|
galerie Cecile Kerner
32475830042
on hold
|
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
|
|
|
|
|
