A very beautiful and elegant female ancestor figure from Northern Solomon Islands (Bougainville Is.); PNG. This figure dates to the mid 20th century or slightly earlier.
This is ex Todd Barlin (collection inventory sticker under the base).
Extremely beautiful tropical wood. It looks 100x better in person.
I call her "Alien Woman". A stunning Oceanic sculpture!!!
Similar examples are in the book " Varilaku"
Measurements: Height is about 24 inches; width elbow to elbow is 6 inches.