Figure | Photographer: Axel Killian
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Figure
The carved figure has a round head, a flat face and a long body. It is wearing an apron made of palm leaves and its face is characterised by a beaming smile. The grinning mouth is a typical feature of Tolai figurative depictions. Laughing faces embody the tabaran, ancestral spirits well-disposed towards man. This type of figure was probably used in ritual dances of the iniet male secret society.
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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
figures (representations)
Dimensions
Höhe: 730.0 mm, Breite: 120.0 mm, Tiefe: 100.0 mm
Material/Technique
Carving
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/0846
Related object(s)
is related to :
II/0346
Provenance and sources
when
around 1890
when
16.07.1896
where
New Britain (formerly New Pomerania) (location/origin)
Kuanua (location/origin)
Papua New Guinea (location/origin)
Bismarck Archipelago (location/origin)
Melanesia (location/origin)
Gazelle peninsula (location/origin)
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