Oceanic Sculpture, 1890 CE - 1950 CE

wood and Paint

PF.2340 (LSO)

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This attractive sculpture of a seated male could have been made by several tribes of Papua and other islands in Oceania. Such figures were usually involved with ancestor worship and...

This attractive sculpture of a seated male could have been made by several tribes of Papua and other islands in Oceania. Such figures were usually involved with ancestor worship and served as guardians.

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