AN INDONESIAN TRIBAL CARVED WOOD ANCESTRAL MALE FIGURAL POST, ASMAT PEOPLES, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, THIRD QUARTER 20TH CENTURY, detailed as a slender male figure with short hairstyle above a smiling expression with protruding tongue and elongated torso, centering tubular arms ending in hands clutching his genitalia while standing on a conical post, incised details throughout. Height: 30"

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