ANCESTOR SKULL NDAMBIRKUS.
Wohl Papua-Neuguinea. AsmatDate: 19th-20th century.
Technique: Leg, brown patina.
Description: Lower jaw attached to skull at zygomatic bone and across mouth with string material, eye
sockets filled with beeswax. Nose modeled with resinous mass.
Measurement: H. ca. 20cm.
Condition B/C.
Provenance:
- South German private collection.
- Zemanek, Munich, 2010.
Exhibitions:
- Beautific. Die Wunderkammer als Referenz zeitgenössischer Kunst, Dortmunder Kunstverein e.V., Dortmund, 2013.
- Obsessed with Beauty, Georg Hornemann KG, Beletage, Berlin, 2017 .
Arrangement after the auction.
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