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Figure

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.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
figures (representations)
Dimensions
Height: 1690.0 mm
Width: 240.0 mm
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1890

Provenance and sources

  • Change of legal title:
    Donation
    when
    07.04.1928
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Sepik (location/origin)
    New Guinea (location/origin)
    Oceania (location/origin)
    Melanesia (location/origin)
    who
    Speyer, Arthur - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED
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