Fine and Rare Three-dimensional Papuan Gulf Figure

Elema people, Vailala area, Papua New Guinea (map), d. early 20th c.

Wood, pigments, and fiber

Ex–Gunther Hintz collection, Hawaii, United States

37” h x 9” w (94 x 23 cm)

SOLD

A very similar example from the Vailala area (photographed in 1912 by A.B. Lewis) may be found in Welsch, Webb, and Haraha (2006: 20, fig. 30).

REFERENCES

Welsch, Robert Louis, Virginia-Lee Webb, and Sebastian Haraha. Coaxing the Spirits to

Dance: Art and Society in the Papuan Gulf of New Guinea. Hanover, NH:

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2006.

SOLD