Large Abelam Ancestral Spirit Figure-New Guinea Art-Oceanic Art
This is an important and large Abelam male figure from the eastern Abelam area bordering on West Yangoru. The piece has an elegant and serene composition with a long thin nose and a small pursed mouth. The figure is pre-contact, stone-carvedand dates to the 1920s or before. It is monumental at 111" in height.