Figure | Photographer: Axel Killian
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Two-dimensional figures of this kind were the home of the protective spirits of a clan. They were kept together with the ovaloid gope boards in the men's house. Although the design differs from that of gope boards, their function is similar.
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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Cultural attribution
Wapo
Object type
figures (representations)
Dimensions
Breite: 145.0 mm, Höhe: 450.0 mm
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/2108
Provenance and sources
when
21.04.1970
where
Melanesia (location/origin)
Papua New Guinea (location/origin)
Gulf District (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
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