Money pig · Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Îles Trobriand, Massim · ID: 3033704
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Description
wood, reddish brown patina, the back coated with fine incisions, accentuated with kaolin;
throughout Melanesia pigs represent an important food source. Everyone who owes a great number of pigs, is not only sane, but enjoys a good reputation as well.
Littérature comparée
Art Papou, Austronésiens et Papous de Nouvelle-Guinée, Marseille 2000, p. 135