Production
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when
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around 1890
temes nevimbur | Photographer: Axel Killian | Rights management: Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Close-up | Photographer: Axel Killian | Rights management: Städtische Museen Freiburg
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temes nevimbur
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Figure
The temes nevimbur marionette from Malekula, an island in the state of Vanuatu, is modelled from clay on the top of a stick. The reddish-brown primer is painted with ornamental patterns in black and white. The arms are spread out sideways and upwards from the body. The face is framed by two boar tusks that extend from the eyebrows to the corners of the mouth. Wooden shavings decorated with barkcloth and feathers protrude above the apex of the figure. Temes figures embody primeval beings and are the main protagonists of the ceremonies of the nevimbur men's secret society.
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Cataloguing data
- Object type
- figures (representations)
- Dimensions
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Height: 920.0 mm
Width: 450.0 mm
Depth: 170.0 mm - Material/Technique
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Pigment, Spring, Plant material, Sound, Weapon, Wood
- Current location
- Museum Natur und Mensch
- Inventory number
- II/2242
Provenance and sources
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Production
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Change of legal title:
Purchase-
when
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10.04.1981
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who
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Galerie Lemaire, M. L. J. - Sellers
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Change of physical control or legal title
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where
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Melanesia (location/origin)Vanuatu (location/origin)Oceania (location/origin)
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Assignment to a curated holding:
Oceania
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- CC0 1.0 DEED
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