
FIGURE DE CULTE YENA
YENA CULT FIGURE
DESCRIPTIF / DESCRIPTION :
Belle figure Yena en bois très dur. Les figures yena sont exposées dans la maison des hommes lors d'une des cérémonies dédiées à l'igname et organisées au moment de la récolte. Les yena symbolisent la période de plantation du tubercule sacré en terre. Cette figure a une forme de visage très bien proportionnée à trois niveaux. Pièce d'une grande qualité esthétique et ethnographique. Restaurée par la tribu en partie basse (voir photos de détails) ...Exposée et vendu sur socle. Sculpture papoue très expressive.
Magnificent Yena figure in very hard wood. Yena figures are exposed in the men's house during one of the ceremonies dedicated to the yam and organized at the time of the harvest. Yena symbolizes the period of plantation of this sacred tuber. This figure has its face in tree different levels with perfect proportions... With aesthetic and ethnographical big qualities... Fixed by tribe on bottom part (see details on pictures). Exposed ans sold on base. Papuan sculpture very expressive.
Magnificent Yena figure in very hard wood. Yena figures are exposed in the men's house during one of the ceremonies dedicated to the yam and organized at the time of the harvest. Yena symbolizes the period of plantation of this sacred tuber. This figure has its face in tree different levels with perfect proportions... With aesthetic and ethnographical big qualities... Fixed by tribe on bottom part (see details on pictures). Exposed ans sold on base. Papuan sculpture very expressive.
- REFERENCE : 387
- DIMENSION / SIZE : 105 x 18 cm
- VILLAGE / VILLAGE : NAGRI
- REGION / AREA :PEUPLE NOKUMA / NOKUMA PEOPLE
- PAYS / COUNTRY : PAPOUASIE NOUVELLE GUINEE / PAPUA NEW GUINEA