Big wickerwork mask "didagur" · Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Moyen Sepik · ID: 3032334
Vendu
700 €
Provenance
Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, GermanyHubert Caspers, Hamburg, Germany
Description
rattan, red, white and black pigment, feathers, rattan framework, coated with lygodium wickerwork, a raised nose ridge with trunk-like prolongation, min. dam., traces of abrasion, small missing parts;
“didagur” masks were used at initiation ceremonies. They are represented in both male and female forms, the male identified by the long nose. The latter is interpreted variously, as depiction of an Echidna head, lizard tail or frigate bird, which is known as “soul bird” all over Oceania.
Littérature comparée
Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, p. 250, ill. 273