Lot: 57

90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art

Panel depicting Jesus Christ, 1950/60er

Papua New Guinea - Highlands, S. Quakamo

Provenance Size Starting price / estimated price
Missionary Collection, Neuendettelsau, Germany H: 61.4 inch;
B: 27 inch
This object is not available anymore.

wood, pigments, with Nimbus and blessing gesture sitting on a globe of the world (in reference to Christ Pantokrator - space or world ruler)

The wall panel is from a bush church in the village of Poglapena (Bukapena) in the Mount Hagen area, where S. Quakamo was a missionary in the 1950/60s. The object is documented in an old black and white photograph.

Old postcards show other works by S. Quakamo, several panels that were created by him for the evangelist lutheran church in Kotna in the Highland area of ​​Papua.