Figure "malagan" ·  Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Archipel Bismarck - Nouvelle Irlande · ID: 3032179

Description

light-weighted wood, remains of red, black and white pigment, standing male figure rising from a post fragment, presumably once holding a saurian in front of the body, of which only a part of the tail is preserved, large head with flat chin and pierced ear ornament, eyes with turquoise porcelain inlay, remains of ornamental paint dam., rep. (tail of the saurian, left forearm), paint rubbed off, on plate;
presumably representing an “n’gass” spirit.

Littérature comparée

Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. II, Köln 1995, p. 345 f.