Faded Sepik River Spirit Figure with Shell Eyes
You must be a subscriber, and be logged in to view price and dealer details.
Subscribe Now to view actual auction price for this item
When you subscribe, you have the option of setting the currency in which to display prices to $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.
- Polychrome - Made or finished in many colours. For furniture, it is used to indicated a painted finish.
- A/f, as Inspected - The letters "A/F" or "as inspected" as part of a description is the cataloguer's shorthand for "all faults" or "as found", meaning the item has some type of damage or deficiency, it is of uncertain date or provenance, and/or that the seller takes no responsibility for the completeness of the item or the accuracy of the description.
This item has been included into following indexes:
Visually similar items
Yoruba female I'beji figure to Protect a Surviving twin, Nigeria, old Yoruba twin figure for the ebegi cult, decorated with a waist string of small antique Venetian glass beads. Ibeji are symbolic representations of a deceased twin and are not carved as re
A Squating Bulul, Hapao Hungduan Style, Ifugao, Philippines, (circa 1900), carved wood, 58 cm high. Provenance: William Beyer, Manila. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the early 1970s
A grey pottery Lokapala figure, Tang dynasty (618-906), standing on a recumbent buffalo, mineral pigments and traces of gold, 44 cm high
An African wooden male figure 'Luba Hemba', with hands on belly