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07.04.1928
Photographer: Axel Killian | Rights management: Städtische Museen Freiburg
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The very large and heavy figure is covered with incised lines resembling scarification that boys undergo as part of their initiation. The body connects with the feet to form a crescent, which serves as a hook. Lodged in the men's houses, it presumably represents a powerful ancestor.
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- figures (representations)
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Height: 1690.0 mm
Width: 240.0 mm - Material/Technique
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Wood
- Current location
- Museum Natur und Mensch
- Inventory number
- II/1890
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Sepik (location/origin)New Guinea (location/origin)Oceania (location/origin)Melanesia (location/origin)
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Oceania
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