Coupe "jifoi" · Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), Asmat · ID: 3035684
Prix
2 000 €
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Provenance
collected in situ, Asmat (before 1970)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.
Littérature comparée
Dehaene, Frederic (ed.), Asmat Art, The van der Hoeven Collection, Brussels o.J.