Post-shaped sculpture with two anthropomorphic heads ·  Papua New Guinea - Korewori · ID: 3032580

Description

wood, encrusted dark brown patina, the natural form of the tree trunk with two crutches recognizable, carved with two anthropomorphic heads arranged one upon the other, curvilinear ornaments and diadem-like crowning, slightly dam., on metal plate;
presumably depicting a kind of “earth mother”, called “tunegatsir” or “gergar”.

Comparing literature

Kaufmann, Christian, Korewori - Magische Kunst aus dem Regenwald, Basel 2003, ill. 118