Post #662838 by Dagg on Tue, Jan 1, 2013 8:08 PM

Holy crap that took forever! I've spent the better part of the last day and a half researching this thing! (except for last night when I was drunk and posting stupid shit on the inter web)

Drum roll please.

I'm pretty sure it's a
Aibom meri from the Japandai village in the middle Sepik.

Here is one
http://www.addoway.com/viewad/Aibom-Meri-Statue-Handcarved-Coal-Carrier-Japandai-Oceanic-Art-Papua-Guinea-32A1-1560905

And one on TC
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=14409&forum=5

And some info here (same verbiage as the TC linky...)
http://www.art-pacific.com/artifacts/nuguinea/sepikriv/sepikmid/japandai.htm

Phew it's not African! :wink: