
FIGURE MAPRIK
ABELAM HEAD
DESCRIPTIF / DESCRIPTION :
Très belle figure Maprik en bois dur. Au même titre que les masques en vannerie appelés "masques à ignames", ce type de masque sert à décorer les plus beaux ignames au moment de la récolte. Il devient alors le visage de ce tubercule vénéré et donne ainsi une âme à ce féculent racine. Pièce de grande qualité, tant esthétique que ethnographique. Bois dense et pigments naturels. Vendu avec un socle de présentation.
Interresting Maprik figure in hard wood. In the same way as masks in basketwork called "yams masks ", this type of mask serves for decorating the most beautiful yams at the time of the harvest. It becomes then the face of this worshipped tuber and so gives a soul to this starchy food root. Hard wood and naturel pigments. Sold with a base. Old exeptionnal piece...
Interresting Maprik figure in hard wood. In the same way as masks in basketwork called "yams masks ", this type of mask serves for decorating the most beautiful yams at the time of the harvest. It becomes then the face of this worshipped tuber and so gives a soul to this starchy food root. Hard wood and naturel pigments. Sold with a base. Old exeptionnal piece...
- REFERENCE : 945
- DIMENSION / SIZE : Env. 37 x 19 cm
- VILLAGE / VILLAGE : MAPRIK
- REGION / AREA :CÔTE NORD / NORTHERN COAST
- PAYS / COUNTRY : PAPOUASIE NOUVELLE GUINEE / PAPUA NEW GUINEA