Petit masque en argile, environ 1900 ·  Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Bas Sepik, Province du Sepik oriental, Rivière Pora Pora · ID: 3046889

Description

terracotta,
With regard to the function of these small clay masks, there is the hint that “small clay masks were tied to the knees and bodies of ancestor figures” (Ch. Kaufmann).

This was proved by Bruce Frank, who illustrated two drawings of monumental spirit figures from this area, whose knees are carved with small mask faces (B. Frank, 2015, Fig. D & E).

Littérature comparée

Frank, Bruce, Porapora, Archaic Terracottas from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, New York 2015, Fig. D & E