Four figures "bioma"
Papua New Guinea - Gulf
sold
EUR 3,500
Size
H: 31 cm
43,5 cm
51 cm
55,5 cm
H: 12.2 inch
17.1 inch
20.1 inch
21.9 inch
Description
wood, red ochre, lime, rest.
These figures represented and served as a dwelling place for powerful spirits “imunu”. They were kept in the large communal men’s houses at clan shrines, together with spirit boards, human and animal skulls and other sacred objects.