$2,000 - $3,000
Early Large Boiken Yongoru Ancestral Figure, EAST SEPIK REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Carved and engraved hardwood. These figures are used in ceremonies that represent ancestor spirits called nggwal or a female witchlike creature, ku tagwa. Approx L91 x 18cm. PROVENANCE Colonel Woodman, district officer in the Sepik region in the 1920’s. PROVENANCE John Magers Collection, Sydney.
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