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Song and dance magic

Telao, a dirty white earth (collector no. 809), which probably comes from Siassi Island, is mixed with a little red chalk and scraped taipung (802). The two stones 810 (worked) and 811 (worked?) are rolled back and forth in this mixture. The soles of the feet, knees, knee joints and elbow joints are then dabbed with these stones, while the deceased parents are called upon to ensure that the desired woman looks at the dancer for a long time and joins him. The small lead (812), a shot bullet, is attached to the top of the hollowed-out end (...)

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Cultural attribution
Bukaua (Bukawa)
Object type
Song and dance magic
Dimensions
Depth: 18 cm
Diameter: 6,5 cm
Width: 6,7 cm
Height: 18 cm
Depth: 6,7 cm
Material/Technique
White earth, Red chalk, Taipung, Lead
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 29934

Provenance and sources

Production
where
Melanesia
Northeast New Guinea
who
Bukaua (Bukawa)
Collecting
who
Neuhauss, Richard - Former Possessors
Assignment to a curated holding:
Oceania

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