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Pole of the Kwoma Creation Myth Washkuk Hills

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Pole of the Kwoma Creation Myth Washkuk Hills

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Great 1.4 MTR pole of the KWOMA Creation Myth - Washkuk Hills -
Papua New Guinea
1970
Wood, pigments
138 cm
Very Large Ancestor statue made of wood in classic sinuous abstract form. Please look at the bird fertilize the nogwi ancestor with his the fallus, a symbol of fertility. Provenance: Ex-collection De Grave, The Nertherlands. Sold without stand.

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