Zemanek-Münster

Standing male ancestor figure "kawe" ·  Papua New Guinea, Asmat, village Aworket · ID: 3039904

sold EUR 600
Provenance
Southern German Collection
Size
H: 105 cm
H: 41.3 inch

Description

wood, small remains of painting in red, white and black, label with the inscription: “from the museum of Jayapura” (= provincial capital of Papua, Indonesia), slightly dam., minor missing parts, crack (back of the head), abrasion of paint;
probably an ancestor figure “kawe”, who depicted certain individual ancestors. In the creation myth of the Asmat the big hero “fumeripit” carved a number of human figures. When he beat his his drum they became alive as the original humans and formed the first clans.


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