Ritual crocodile · Papua New Guinea - Sepik Delta, Murik Lagoon · ID: 3032572
Description
wood, reddish brown patina, red and white pigment, elongated cylindrical body with the tail tapering to a point, carved with scales, the open snout reveals rows of teeth accentuated with kaolin, completed by tusk-like projections, legs missing, slightly dam., minor missing part (underside), abrasion;
in the Sepik area depictions of animals are not only meant as accessory part but as individual beings - incarnations of “totems” - which act as guardian and helping spirit and which are venerated in case to keep them well disposed. Aside crocodiles incarnate the so-called “gulping monster”, used at initiation rites.
L’objet Ritual crocodile avec l’ID d’objet 3032572 a fait partie de l’enchère 68th tribal art auction en 3 mars 2012 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 39.
Vous trouverez ici d’autres objets et des informations utiles sur le thème Art océanien.
Littérature comparée
Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Coburg 1986, p. 113 f.