A Manambu head
Yambun Village, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
with an integral spike to the top of the head, with cowrie shell eyes and paint decoration, the back with a sticker inscribed 585.68 DN and a paper label inscribed DN 585.68,
55cm high.
Provenance
Douglas Newton, New York, field collected in 1967.
Marcia and John Friede Collection, USA
Exhibited and Published
Crocodile and Cassowary, Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1971, no. 122.
The personal name for this head is Meiyamogwei, sister of the meiurr Ambiyanggei of the Niyanggandau clan.
A Manambu head
Yambun Village, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
with an integral spike to the top of the head, with cowrie shell eyes and paint decoration, the back with a sticker inscribed 585.68 DN and a paper label inscribed DN 585.68,
55cm high.
Provenance
Douglas Newton, New York, field collected in 1967.
Marcia and John Friede Collection, USA
Exhibited and Published
Crocodile and Cassowary, Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1971, no. 122.
The personal name for this head is Meiyamogwei, sister of the meiurr Ambiyanggei of the Niyanggandau clan.
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