Large Washkuk Kwoma Spirit Figure

wood, carved with mouth open with the tongue projecting out and down in four waves, resting on a pole

Measurements:

height 160 cm width 52 cm depth 40 cm

Provenance:

Collected in Papua New Guinea, c. 1990, The Estate of Ray Hughes

Literature:

Cf. for comparison Douglas Newton, Crocodile and cassowary: religious art of the upper Sepik River, New Guinea, 1971, p. 84

• EStimate $2,000 - $4,000
• sold $2,400 Incl BP