Ceremonial bowl "kwam" · Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Wosera · ID: 3038265
Ulrich Hoffmann, Stuttgart, Germany
Bruno Voges, Pliezhausen, Germany
Description
fired clay, red and yellow ochre, white and black pigment, one face modelled, two further ones marked by incised lines (“nggwal” or ancestral spirits), linear ornaments inbetween, collection number handwritten inside the receptacle: “78.11.58”;
“kwam” are important cult objects and ceremonial bowls. At a specific moment in male initiation ceremonies, the “kwam” is used to drink a specific “white soup” made of sago, coconut and yam. The “kwam” is also used in yam-harvest ceremonies, as well as in ceremonies related to the cult of the ancestors.
Proceeds will be given to the “Bürgerverein Altenhilfe e. V. Pliezhausen”
L’objet Ceremonial bowl “kwam” avec l’ID d’objet 3038265 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 79th Tribal Art Auction dans 21 mars 2015 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 52 a atteint un prix de vente de 200 €.
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Littérature comparée
Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, p. 282, ill. 311