Description
Antique pestle carved with a figure whose hands seem to be holding his sex. The chest is adorned with a pendant and the powerful head is topped with a headdress. Light-colored wood with traces of red pigment and significant patina at the base. Height: 64 cm, diameter: 6.7 cm Papua New Guinea. Sandaun province, West Sepik province. Publication: Wooden Pestles from Northeast New Guinea. Exhibition catalog, Galerie Franck Marcelin, 2022, fig. 12. Ex Ulrich Kortmann, Dortmund. Daniel Vigne Collection, Uzès.
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Antique pestle carved with a figure whose hands seem to be holding his sex. The chest is adorned with a pendant and the powerful head is topped with a headdress. Light-colored wood with traces of red pigment and significant patina at the base. Height: 64 cm, diameter: 6.7 cm Papua New Guinea. Sandaun province, West Sepik province. Publication: Wooden Pestles from Northeast New Guinea. Exhibition catalog, Galerie Franck Marcelin, 2022, fig. 12. Ex Ulrich Kortmann, Dortmund. Daniel Vigne Collection, Uzès.