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Ancestor Figure, Mindimbit Village, New Guinea - 8640 $250.00

Ancestor Figure, Mindimbit Village, middle Sepik River, Papua New Guinea. Figures represent family, clan & tribal ancestors as well as totemic animals & bush spirits. They assist people by interceding on a high plane to provide food, prevent & cure illness, acquire stature, & counter sorcery. A striking male primordial ancestor figure with crocodile tail and a bilum bag on his back. Painted in clay and vegetable-based paints and trimmed with bush twine. 26 inches tall. #8640

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New Guinea Tribal Art eGuide

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Find out about your fabulous piece of New Guinea tribal art. The eGuide provides quick info about New Guinea art and art areas with links to more information. The eGuide contains over 130 photographs and 10 maps, plus adventure photos from Ron Perry's forty years of explorations in New Guinea and additional research by Doug Mehaffey. A print edition would be 128 pages.

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