Unknown Artist
A MONUMENTAL ABELAM CEREMONIAL HEAD
carved wood with yellow, black, white and red pigments
101.0 cm height
Estimate:
$2,800 - $3,800
lot details
A MONUMENTAL ABELAM CEREMONIAL HEAD
carved wood with yellow, black, white and red pigments
101.0 cm height
Provenance
Private collection, Melbourne, collected Maprik, East Sepik Region, early 1960s
These large sculptural objects were created and used in the context of the spirit cult or possibly yam cult in the haus tambaran (traditional ancestral worship house).