
FIGURE DE CULTE YENA
YENA CULT FIGURE
DESCRIPTIF / DESCRIPTION :
Figure de culte dite Yena. 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. Pièce d'une grande qualité esthétique et ethnographique...
Yena cult collected in the waskuk hills area. 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. With aesthetic and ethnographical big qualities...
Yena cult collected in the waskuk hills area. 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. With aesthetic and ethnographical big qualities...
- REFERENCE : 546
- DIMENSION / SIZE : Env. 53 x 15 cm
- VILLAGE / VILLAGE : NAGRI
- REGION / AREA :WASKUK HILLS / HAUT SEPIK
- PAYS / COUNTRY : PAPOUASIE NOUVELLE GUINEE / PAPUA NEW GUINEA