A near pair of Sepik River ancestral standing male & female figures, Papua New Guinea, painted in red, white and black pigment, the eyes inset with cowrie shells, an ink inscribed label to the underside of each reads 'Ancestral figure, Male/Female c.1940s, Sepik River, Papua New Guines, Purchased from S.A. museum Jan 1991', 47cm
The collection of Eric Mayes.
Sold for £130
A near pair of Sepik River ancestral standing male & female figures, Papua New Guinea, painted in red, white and black pigment, the eyes inset with cowrie shells, an ink inscribed label to the underside of each reads 'Ancestral figure, Male/Female c.1940s, Sepik River, Papua New Guines, Purchased from S.A. museum Jan 1991', 47cm
ProvenanceThe collection of Eric Mayes.