Ceremonial stick

Reference : 2089

Wood, pigments
Dimension: Height: 64cm
Presumed period: early 20th century
Wosera population.
Middle Sepik.
Papua New Guinea

Provenance:
Francesco Villicich Collection. Perth, Australia

More details

Representing a male ancestor crowned by the sculpture of a totemic bird representing the hornbill, this ceremonial staff, with its slender verticality, features a skilful play of structured planes on its surface, giving the whole a beautiful dynamic accentuated by traces of black, ochre and yellow pigments

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