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when
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around 1900
Kulap | Photographer: Axel Killian | Rights management: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
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Kulap
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Human figure (female), carved from soft chalk limestone, painted red in places.
Human figure (female), carved from soft chalk limestone, painted red in places.After the death of a significant figure, kulap figures native to New Ireland were carved from chalk limestone and kept in a building especially designated for the deceased. Their function here was to act as a vessel for the soul of the deceased. It was held captive within the figure so that it could not harm the living. At the end of the funerary ceremonies, the figures were destroyed, so that the soul could finally depart the world of the living.
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Cataloguing data
- Object type
- figures (representations)
- Dimensions
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Height: 260.0 mm
Width: 80.0 mm
Depth: 75.0 mm - Material/Technique
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Limestone
- Current location
- Museum Natur und Mensch
- Inventory number
- II/0372
Provenance and sources
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Production
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Change of legal title:
Permanent loan-
when
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1904
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Change of physical control or legal title
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where
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New Ireland (formerly New Mecklenburg) (location/origin)Melanesia (location/origin)Papua New Guinea (location/origin)Bismarck Archipelago (location/origin)
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Assignment to a curated holding:
Oceania
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- CC0 1.0 DEED
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