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Male wooden figure

Index card : The large head of the evenly brown-painted figure sits directly on the torso, at the sides of which the arms hang stretched out, touching the protruding hips with the hands. The short, sturdy legs stand on the edge of the round base with the toes pointing downwards. The buttocks and calves are thickened, the knees and elbows are provided with bulbous elevations, the neck and chest are strikingly set off against the neighbouring surface, almost giving the impression that the chest is the half of the face that is separate from the upper face. The slanted eyes - pointed oval elevations with an indentation in the longitudinal direction - lie in recessed fields with a ridge running along the edge of both nostrils. The nasal septum is pierced. The nostrils and bridge are extended beyond the tip of the nose to form a beak that replaces the mouth, the thickened, transversely pierced end of which merges with the ventral surface above the strongly protruding genitalia. The ears, twice perforated bars, form the continuation of the rounded bar that delimits the frontal surface against the field characterising the hairstyle. This meets the border of the nape at an acute angle on the back of the head, which has a high, transversely pierced bar, while on the front it contains an ornament formed by incised lines. The centre line, marked by a pronounced ridge, ends at the disc-shaped top of the head, presumably representing the hair basket.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Male wooden figure
Dimensions
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 18,5 x 4,7 x 4,5 cm
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 30481

Provenance and sources

where
Melanesia [Großregion]
Northeast New Guinea [Insel/Region]
Lower Sepik [Fluss/Gebiet]

who
Neuhauss, Richard - Collectors

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