Ramu Figure
Coastal Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Height 10.75 inches (27.3cm)
on Inagaki Base
Important American Collection
Provenance & Description
Ramu Figure
Provenance
Dr. Edmund Muller (1898-1976) Beromunster. Muller inventory number 3303
Sotheby’s New York, 22 November 1998, Lot 18
Bill Ziff Collection
Rising from an elliptical base, with angular legs beneath broad wade hips with wide prominent pelvis and protruding phallus beneath a wedge-shaped torso.
Distinctly articulated shoulder blades support an oval head with pierced ears, an elongated pierced septum beneath raised upturned eyes with shell beads inset for the pupils. Rear of figure shows raised scarification.
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