Standing female ancestor figure ·  Papua New Guinea - Sepik · ID: 3034727

Description

wood, greyish brown patina, encrusted in some areas, remains of painting with black, red and white pigment, the navel accentuated by incised circle ornaments and jagged pattern, which can be found in painted form diagonal across the chest, semicircular ears with drilled holes for ornament, slightly dam., cracks (above all on the left side of the face, upper part of the body), wooden plate;
depictions of women as ritual carvings are rather rare. Mostly they were placed above or aside the tube-like entrance to initiation chambers.