Overmodeled skull · Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Sepik · ID: 3034753
Description
overmodeled with a clay-like mass, painted in black, small traces of original painting, coiffure of real hair, nassa snails, min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion;
in overmodelling the ancestors skull, the spirit and vitality should return and support the living descendants with its power. They were kept on special shelves in the men’s house, where women and children were not allowed to see them. Just on special occasions, like remembrance ceremonies, they were adorned and displayed in public.
L’objet Overmodeled skull avec l’ID d’objet 3034753 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 73rd tribal art auction dans 25 mai 2013 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 39 a atteint un prix de vente de 1 000 €.
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Littérature comparée
Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Coburg 1986, p. 12