African Wood Carved Statue

Any help with the tribe and approx. age?
Thanks

 

With those spiral carvings, the shape of the eyes, the way the feet are not carved, and the back view, it looks more like Papua New Guinea, Sepik river area, mid-20th century.

 

Kopar ancestor figure, from Lower Sepik, just looked it up.

 

Here's the Sotheby's catalog page on line for the figure I found in my catalog:

http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/arts-afrique-oceanie-pf1318-/lot.58.html

 

Thanks Taupou.
Mine is 16", being mid century and not finely carved, plus no provenance, I guess very moderate value?
By the way, how old is the Sothebys piece?

It was in the shop next to another statue that I was debating to buy or not and someone else got it. I kind of feel sorry I did not buy it.
It was also short legged, with penis and large spherical head. Any idea what it was?

 

Did it look like this.......................?

 

You didn't mention if the penis was LARGE or not.....!!

 

No, small thingy just like the other one. The head was round. Not flat but sphere. Not so rough surface but smoother.

 

Some scholarly discussions are more fun than others.

 

It sounds like it was also from PNG...( penis not grand ! )

The one I showed is from the Great Big Sepik River area....

Gila....this is all for you !!!

 

Thank you, Professor...
I find myself a very good student at times.
FONT matters.

 

Dear all,

I also need help identifying the african wood statue. It's 1 m tall.
Got it as a present.
Would be grateful if someone can give me more details? What is this the man is holding? Aprox age of the statue? Origin country.
Thank you.

 

Hello, Ivana, you will get the best replies by starting your own thread with your own pictures of your own statue.

Here is a quick tutorial about starting a new thread.
https://www.antiquers.com/threads/making-a-post-and-uploading-pictures.16038/

 

a six year old thread........
oh well....
thanks for reminding me of my old friend the Gila monster .....those were fun days !!