Oceanic Art - Sago Peg, Abelam/Wosera People, Papua New Guinea

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Sago peg, tapak
Abelam/Wosera people, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Wood, cane
Early 20th century

16 by 2.5 inches (40.6 by 6.4 cm)


Sago pegs are used to secure a screen mesh during the preparation of sago flour. The classically stylized Janus-faced ancestor on this example sports an incised initiate’s crest, with the arms carefully carved away from the body, fingers splayed on the hips.

Ex private collection, New Jersey; ex Michael Hamson
#3852    

$850


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