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Large Washkuk Kwoma Spirit Figure

Upper Sepik River, Papua New Guinea

wood, carved with mouth open with the tongue projecting out and down in four waves, resting on a pole

Measurements:
height 160 cm width 52 cm depth 40 cm
Provenance:
Collected in Papua New Guinea, c. 1990, The Estate of Ray Hughes
Literature:
Cf. for comparison Douglas Newton, Crocodile and cassowary: religious art of the upper Sepik River, New Guinea, 1971, p. 84
  • EStimate $2,000 - $4,000
  • sold $2,400 Incl BP
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