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Two female and six male ancestors are depicted here, whereby the figure holding the cemen is an ancestor's wife. A bird is depicted at the top of the cemen.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Asmat (Bismam)
Object type
Ancestral pole
Dimensions
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 600 x 33 x 139 cm
Tiefe: (ohne Auskragung): 40 cm
Durchmesser: 12 cm (10 cm über unterem Ende)
Gewicht: 84,5 kg
Höhe: (bis zum Beginn der Auskragung): 475 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Pigment, Plant fibre
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 56996

Provenance and sources

when
before 1995
where
Melanesia [Großregion]
West New Guinea [Region]
Ewer [Ort]
Indonesia [Land]
Papua [Provinz]
who
Asmat (Bismam)

who
Gunter Konrad - Collectors
Ursula Konrad - Collectors

Description
Purchase from Ursula and Gunter Konrad 1995

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