Figure | Photographer: Axel Killian
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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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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
figures (representations)
Dimensions
Höhe: 1690.0 mm, Breite: 240.0 mm
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1890
Provenance and sources
when
07.04.1928
where
Sepik (location/origin)
New Guinea (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
Melanesia (location/origin)
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