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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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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Asmat (Simai)
Object type
Ancestral pole
Dimensions
Depth: 48 cm
Weight: 36 kg
Height: 505 cm
Width: 35 cm
Depth: 124 cm
Depth: 379 cm
Diameter: 13,5 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Pigment
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 55778

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1989
    where
    Melanesia
    West New Guinea
    Amborep
    Indonesia
    Papua
    who
    Asmat (Simai)
  • Collecting
    who
    Wolfgang Nelke - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase from Wolfgang Nelke 1989
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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