Portrait of a spirits head · Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, Abelam · ID: 3036476
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Provenance
Marc Lissauer, AustraliaEmil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland (1970’s)
Description
wood, greyish black base colour, yellow and red ochre, white pigment, painted in traditional colours, among others with a diadem of dogs teeth, plug-like projection at the bottom for attachment, slightly dam., minor missing parts (diadem), abrasion of paint, base;
representing a clan spirit, which were attached to the face wall of ritual houses (on both ends of a wooden beam). Might encorporate a yams spirit as well.
Littérature comparée
Koch, Gerd, Kultur der Abelam, Berlin 1968, ill. 35 Lippisches Landesmuseum Detmold (Hg.), Abelam, Detmold 1989, p. 43