Large standing figure ·  Papua-Neuguinea - Yangoru Boiken · ID: 3039709

Description

wood, painted in traditional colours, with white and black pigment, red and yellow ochre, flat and slender body with thin limbs, standing with legs akimbo, round arms with both hands concealing the gender, a long neck supporting a large head with close-set eyes, striking plug-like projections to both sides of the hips, in front of the breast and at the back of the head, missing parts through insect caused damage (right side of the body, backside), fine cracks, abrasion of paint, base;
the plug-like projections represent the beaks of hornbills, which are clan emblem and symbol for head-hunting and ancestors. They might even refer to a mythical spirit called “ngwaal”. The figure is not designed for free standing, it could have been placed at the front side of a ritual or mens house.

L’objet Large standing figure avec l’ID d’objet 3039709 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 81st Tribal Art Auction dans 31 octobre 2015 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 90 a atteint un prix de vente de 4 700 €.

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Publications

Galerie Flak, Rites and forms of Papua New Guinea, Paris 2009, 74 pp.