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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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Object type
figures (representations)
Dimensions
Height: 260.0 mm
Width: 80.0 mm
Depth: 75.0 mm
Width: 80.0 mm
Depth: 75.0 mm
Material/Technique
Limestone
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/0372
Provenance and sources
Production
when
around 1900
Change of legal title:
Permanent loan
when
1904
Change of physical control or legal title
where
New Ireland (formerly New Mecklenburg) (location/origin)
Melanesia (location/origin)
Papua New Guinea (location/origin)
Bismarck Archipelago (location/origin)
Assignment to a curated holding:
Oceania
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