$400 - $600
BIOMA SPIRIT FIGURE, PAPUAN GULF, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, Carved and engraved wood and natural pigments. A two-dimensional and stylised female figure carved in low relief, arms down by its side. Cut from a flat piece of wood and painted white and reddish brown. These sacred ancestral figures (bioma) were made to attract powerful spirits (imunu) and provide a dwelling place for them. They were usually made from old canoes and were displayed on pigs skulls in men's communal houses alongside other sacred objects. Approx L99 x 19.5cm. PROVENANCE Ex Echo Gallery Collection (211), New South Wales Private collection, New South Wales
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