Figure à crochets rituelle "yipwon" ou "kamanggabi" · Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Korewori / Blackwater, Yimam / Alamblak · ID: 3046475
Vendu
900 €
Provenance
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, SwedenDescription
wood, pigments, base
Amongst the Yimam and Alamblak people, “yipwon” are the major war and hunting deities. “Yipwon” are carved in a wide range of sizes, from about fifteen centimeters up to three meters high.
Intermediate size figures, like the present one, were sometimes taken on raids in the hope that the spirit of the “yipwon” would go ahead of the group and attack the enemy with its magical powers.
Littérature comparée
Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, p. 234