Angoram Ancestral Figure, East Sepik Province, Papua New GuineaHeight 18 1/4in (46.3cm)ProvenanceGerman Private CollectionAcquired from the above by the present ownerCf. Qu'est-Ce Qu'un Corps, Musée du quai Branley, fig. 140, for a related Angoram figure.A rare variation of the distinctive figures produced in this region, finely sculpted in surrealistic form with attenuated arms and legs; the proportionally large head with a hollowed cavity in the back, arching brows above hollowed eyes, a ridged nose with flaring nostrils, pierced at the septum with a fiber cord attached; the shoulders arching way back, hands resting on the abdomen above a pelvis pointing downwards between curvilinear legs, knees delineated, joined at the bottom on a rounded form; varied light brown patina.