American Indian & Tribal Art
Description:
Flores Ancestor Figure, Indonesia, early 20th century, standing on heavy, slightly bent legs, with protuberant phallus, the tapering torso, with arms missing, below a large head with drilled eyes and raised nose and ears, with high, narrow, curved headdress, mounted on a metal base, ht. 25 in.
Provenance: Collected in-situ in the early 1980s; Private collection, San Francisco, California.
Estimate $3,000-4,000
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Keywords
Flores, Figure, IndonesiaAmerican Indian & Tribal Art
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