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Oceania / Melanesia / Figures / Ancestor figures / Miscellaneous

PORTRAITS

Ancestor figures / Male

Further details

Figurative sculpture of an ancestor with twin protruding horn bill heads which suggest an association with head hunting.

Artist or creator

Abelam (Upper Screw River, North Papua New Guinea)

Date

19th century - 20th century

Location

.., Private collection

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Anthony JP Meyer, Oceanic Art, Cologne, 1995, ill. 317

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