An old and beautiful dish decorated with an engraved zoomorphic motif, the openwork nose serving as a tie.
For another Lake Sentani dish with the same design and the raised carved head serving as a fastener, see: The Art of Lake Sentani, ed. The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1959, #65.
Lake Sentani region, Papua New Guinea
Wood, pigments, beautiful dry patina and old use.
H. Height : 62,5 cm
Provenance :
Collection Nadine Vinot-Postry, Paris.
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