skulptur, anfigur, sculpture, ancestor figure

Description:

Small anthropomorphic figure of unknown sex cut out of a piece of light wood, painted red. Small eyes and un-slightly large snable or beak-like nose extending down to the legs of the figure. The nose has a pierced hole at the root. The arms are cut out and rest on the hips. On the head some kind of headdress cut due relief that ends in a bud. The figure has bones that, however, are broken Figurines like this are common on the Lower Ramu River and the Lower Sepik River. At Murik at Sepik, they are a clan belonging and represent mythical ancestors.

Location:

Papua New Guinea

Format:

image

Collections:

Museum of Ethnography

Content partner:

Museum of Ethnography

Availability:

Not specified