Unknown Artist
(SAWA VILLAGE, NORTH-WESTASMAT, WEST PAPUA), c.1980
carved from the trunk and buttress-like root of a mangrove tree, traces of white and red pigment
441.5 cm height
Estimate:
$3,000 - $5,000
Sold:
$3,600 (inc. BP)
lot details
(SAWA VILLAGE, NORTH-WESTASMAT, WEST PAPUA), c.1980
carved from the trunk and buttress-like root of a mangrove tree, traces of white and red pigment
441.5 cm height
Provenance
Collected by Todd Barlin, 1986
Monumental Sculpture of West Papua, Sydney College of the Arts Gallery, 2000
Private collection, Sydney
Related Works
Mbis Pole, earth pigments on wood, collection of the National Gallery of Victoria