Uli | Photographer: Axel Killian | Rights management: Städtische Museen Freiburg
Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 InternationalUli | Photographer: Axel Killian | Rights management: Städtische Museen Freiburg
Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 InternationalUli | Photographer: Axel Killian | Rights management: Städtische Museen Freiburg
Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 InternationalUli
Carved from a single piece of wood and up to two metres high, uli figures are typically hermaphroditic. They were related to the elaborate funerary rituals of New Ireland. Little is known about their specific meaning as they have not been used since 1930, presumably as a result of the influence of Christian missions.
Cataloguing data
Width: 260.0 mm
Depth: 330.0 mm