Antique and rare polychrome basketry dance ornament depicting a stylized double-faced face with openwork eyes and ears adorned with feathers. Probably Iatmul or Sawos, Middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea Wood, vegetable fibers, pigments, feathers, visible lacks and old accidents, very beautiful patina of use. H. 60 cm approximately with the feathers Provenance : - Collected by Pierre Langlois and Marcel Évrard in 1959-60 - Former collection of Marcel Évrard
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€768
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Antique and rare polychrome basketry dance ornament depicting a stylized double-faced face with openwork eyes and ears adorned with feathers.
Probably Iatmul or Sawos, Middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Wood, vegetable fibers, pigments, feathers, visible lacks and old accidents, very beautiful patina of use.
H. 60 cm approximately with the feathers
Provenance :
- Collected by Pierre Langlois and Marcel Évrard in 1959-60
- Former collection of Marcel Évrard
Sale
Friday 10 June 2022・14:00 (Europe/Paris)
Salle 14 - Hôtel Drouot
9, rue Drouot
75009 Paris