Three Fine Old Massim Ancestor Figures, Milne Bay Province, PNG Early 20th Century

Three Fine Old Massim Ancestor Figures, Milne Bay Province, PNG Early 20th Century

These three interesting small size Massim Figures look great together, they each have a unique personality, the one on the far left is my favorite as the carver used his imagination to do something different than the average squatting figure, it came from the collection of ex Richard Baird he supposedly acquired in from the Australian artist Leonard French who had a fine collection of New Guinea Art.  The other two are both fine sculptures but together they are a “sculptural group”

Provenance: The Todd Barlin Collection of Oceanic Art