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An ancestress is depicted at the base, holding a boat, as well as three male ancestors and five children. The uppermost appears at the top of the cemen, holding a hornbill in his hands.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Asmat (Simai)
Object type
Ancestral pole
Dimensions
Tiefe: (ohne Auskragung): 48 cm
Gewicht: 36 kg
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 505 x 35 x 124 cm
Höhe: (bis zum Beginn der Auskragung): 379 cm
Durchmesser: 13,5 cm (10 cm über unterem Ende)
Material/Technique
Wood, Pigment
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 55778

Provenance and sources

when
before 1989
where
Melanesia [Großregion]
West New Guinea [Insel/Region]
Amborep [Dorf]
Indonesia [Land]
Papua [Provinz]
who
Asmat (Simai)

who
Wolfgang Nelke - Collectors

Description
Purchase from Wolfgang Nelke 1989

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