Superb and very old hanging post for a large... - Lot 126 - Ader

Lot 126
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Superb and very old hanging post for a large... - Lot 126 - Ader
Superb and very old hanging post for a large building, house of men also called house of the spirits, decorated with a large human face, the tongue coming out of the mouth under which a wave pattern, or said in scales, accompanies this effect like a wave, its protruding eyes are almost exorbited. Korosemeri, Black Water River Region, Middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea Hardwood, sawn in the lower part, visible marks and wear, very nice oxidation of age. H. 155 cm Provenance : - Collected by Pierre Langlois and Marcel Évrard in 1959-60 - Former collection Marcel Évrard Exhibitions and Publications : - Exhibited at the Jeanne Bucher Gallery in Paris from December 20, 1961 to February 4, 1962 - Monumental Sculpture of Oceania, work No. 9 of the works exhibited (not reproduced). - Oceania at the CRACAP (National Center of Research of Animation and Creation for the Plastic Arts) 1971, fig. 2 of the catalog reproduced in full page.
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