2049/​7106

Replacement skull, wood. Papua New Guinea, middle Sepik, Iatmul people. H. 31.

Carved as a replacement for either an ancestor or trophy skull.

Provenance: Ex. Allan Schmidt, 1923–1989. Danish painter, sculpture and graphic designer. Education in Paris 1953–55, residing 1969–76.

Auction

Tribal art, 6 December 2020

Category

Ethnographica

Estimate

15,000–20,000 DKK

Price realised

Not sold