Top of a post (architectural element?) decorated with an ant - Lot 277

Lot n° 277
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400 - 500 EUR
Top of a post (architectural element?) decorated with an ant - Lot 277
Top of a post (architectural element?) decorated with an anthropomorphic head sculpted with tattoos. The whole is openwork with comma-shaped holes and three "crests" on the back. Wood, black, brown, red and white pigments (repainted). Height: 55.7 cm. Papua New Guinea. Middle Sepik. Provenance : Collected by Claude Moinier (butterfly hunter) in the 60s. Philippe Dodier Gallery, Avranches.
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