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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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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Asmat (Bismam)
Object type
Ancestral pole
Dimensions
Height: 600 cm
Width: 33 cm
Depth: 139 cm
Depth: 40 cm
Diameter: 12 cm
Weight: 84,5 kg
Depth: 475 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Pigment, Plant fibre
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 56996

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1995
    where
    Melanesia
    West New Guinea
    Ewer
    Indonesia
    Papua
    who
    Asmat (Bismam)
  • Collecting
    who
    Gunter Konrad - Collectors
    Ursula Konrad - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase from Ursula and Gunter Konrad 1995
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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