Coupe "jifoi" · Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), Asmat · ID: 3035684
Cenderawashi Museum Jayapura, West Papua (1985)
Description
light wood, remains of white and orange pigment, bowl corpus with characteristic decor on the outside (“bipane” motif), contours in raised struts, a big male figure on one end of the bowl, slightly dam. (mouth), minor missing parts (bowl tip, right foot), rest. (nose tip);
as the bowl is in the shape of a small canoe, this “jifoi” probably was used as paint cup. When not in use, bowls were placed upside down on a rack above the owners sleeping place, so that the depicted ancestor remained in contact with him.
L’objet Coupe “jifoi” avec l’ID d’objet 3035684 a fait partie de la vente aux enchères 75th tribal art auction le 30 novembre 2013, numéro de lot 26 et est actuellement disponible pour 2 000 € en Vente libre.
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Littérature comparée
Dehaene, Frederic (ed.), Asmat Art, The van der Hoeven Collection, Brussels o.J.