An important post-top from a main support-post of the Mens-House. The figure represents an important male ancestor. There is a secondary carving on the side of the post representing a stylized human face without the mouth.

Murik Lakes and Mouth of the Sepik River, PNG, Melanesia. 107 x 42.5 x 20 cm. Wood. Left arm is an old restoration by Mr. Pacilly, a Normandy farmer. 19th/20th century.

Ex coll : Marienburg Mission, PNG ; Dodier, Avranches ; H. & P. Leloup, Paris ; sold Sothebys London, lot 120, 16 June 1980 ; sold Loudmer-Poulain, auctioneers, Paris, lot 17, 24/6/81 ; sold Audap-Godeau-Solanet auctioneers, Paris 10 November 1989, lot 153 ; ex coll Pierre Robin, Paris ; ex Dutch private collection, ex D. Rosenthal.