* BOIKEN, PRINCE ALEXANDER MOUNTAINS, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, - Lot 64

Lot n° 64
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* BOIKEN, PRINCE ALEXANDER MOUNTAINS, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, - Lot 64
* BOIKEN, PRINCE ALEXANDER MOUNTAINS, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, Rare standing male statue with hands resting on the belly, proud head carriage and face armed with a powerful busked nose. The pelvis is surrounded by a sculpted loincloth, and the straight legs arrive on a base concealing the feet. The head is encircled by a crown-shaped headdress made of plant fibers, evoking Christ's crown of thorns. Wood with a patina of red pigments and ritual use. This piece is associated with the "Cargo Cult" of the Mount Turu movement, which spread throughout Oceania at the end of the 19th century in reaction to colonization. H. 39 cm Provenance: Collected by Ulrich Kortmann in Rindagum, near Angoram, in 1987. Collection B. Drescher Collection (Dortmund, Germany)
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