Head sculpture "aripa"

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Description

wood, blackish brown patina, flat anthropomorphic head with bow-shaped projection reaching from the forehead down to the chin, painted with dots and curved ornaments, slightly dam., traces of insect caused damage, on base;
aside bamboo flutes head sculptures with human features were the most sacred property of the Inyai-Ewa. At the back wall of every mens house the “head of the mother” of the respective building was kept.

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Comparing literature

Kaufmann, Christian, Korewori - Magische Kunst aus dem Regenwald, Basel 2003, p. 67 f.

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