Lot 140 , Three various Sepik River carved wood storyboards & two palm leaf paintings

Three various Sepik River carved wood storyboards & two palm leaf paintings

A Papua New Guinea Sepik River wooden storyboard, relief-carved and incised with a central figure surrounded by animals and spirits, with traces of red pigment; two smaller carved and pierced storyboards and two palm leaf panels, polychrome painted with male and female figures (worn), 108cm (largest storyboard)
Estimate £150-250


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Sold for £300