Unique Papuan Statue of a Person Low Sepik, Papua New Guinea

Description

Papua Initiation Seated Figure from Lower Sepik River Area. Irian Jaya (Indonesia).
Beautifully carved, very rare expression. The Face is well sculptured and displays the typical patterns of this region. It has beautiful ceremonial colors. Shell eyes,cord hanging from the nose and around hands.
Height:  95 cm/37,4 inches
Width :  23 cm/  9 inches
Material: local wood, straw, shells, local paint
Any artifact from Papua New Guinea, whether it be a bone dagger or an intricately carved spirit figure, still fairly accurately symbolizes
a living part of the cultural background from which it originates.
This unique artefact is only a small part of our Papua New Guinea collection of primitiv masks, storyboards, shields and
statues acquired by collector in Papua New Guinea in the period 1960s.