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BOÏKEN STATUE, KUBALIA REGION, PRINCE ALEXANDER MOUNTAINS BETWEEN KUTUBU AND YANGURU SOUTH OF WEWAK, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Wood H. 28 cm Provenance : Private collection (Germany) Rare statue representing a woman probably pregnant, squatting, the belly prominent, the hands with closed fists resting on the thighs, the sex and breasts well signified, the face tense, the eye sockets hollowed out, the fine nose with open nostrils, the ears pierced, the round head surmounted by a small pierced post. Traces of an old red pigmentation in the hollows.
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BOÏKEN STATUE, KUBALIA REGION, PRINCE ALEXANDER MOUNTAINS BETWEEN KUTUBU AND YANGURU SOUTH OF WEWAK, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Wood H. 28 cm Provenance : Private collection (Germany) Rare statue representing a woman probably pregnant, squatting, the belly prominent, the hands with closed fists resting on the thighs, the sex and breasts well signified, the face tense, the eye sockets hollowed out, the fine nose with open nostrils, the ears pierced, the round head surmounted by a small pierced post. Traces of an old red pigmentation in the hollows.
