Sepik Headrest with 3 Figures
Period 19th century
Origin North Coast to Murik Lakes, Lower Sepik, PNG, Melanesia
Medium Wood with red ocher and a fine patina of wear and age
Dimension 13 x 11 cm (5¹/₈ x 4³/₈ inches)
Period: 19th century
Origin: North Coast to Murik Lakes, Lower Sepik, PNG, Melanesia
Medium: Wood with red ocher and a fine patina of wear and age
Dimension: 13 x 11 cm (5¹/₈ x 4³/₈ inches)
Provenance: Ex private collection, Germany. Ex coll. Laurent Granier, France.
Literature: Several other headrests by the same hand (or workshop) are recorded in various public institution collections in Amsterdam, Berlin, Terveuren, and Brooklyn; as well as two headrests supported by ancestor heads identical to the one on the present example illustrated in HEAD-RESTS, Gal. Meyer, 2004, fig. 15 and 16.
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