Standing male ancestor figure "kawe" · Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), Asmat · ID: 3039033
Description
wood, matt reddish brown patina, provided with extreme overlong and slender limbs, the body slightly twisted, exreme filigree work of carving, the head egg-shaped with broad lower jaw and narrow forehead zone, slightly dam., missing part or knothole: the left ear is missing, base;
probably representing an ancestor figure “kawe”. In the Asmats creation myth the big hero “fumeripit” carved a number of human figures. When beating his drum they came alive, forming the first clans.
The object Standing male ancestor figure “kawe” with the object ID 3039033 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 22.
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