
FIGURE YENA
YENA 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. Cette figure a une forme de visage particulièrement esthétique. Bois et traces de polychromie.
Cult tribal figure called Yena. 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 is particularly aesthetics.
Cult tribal figure called Yena. 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 is particularly aesthetics.
- REFERENCE : 759
- DIMENSION / SIZE : 59 x 12 cm
- VILLAGE / VILLAGE : PEUPLE KWOMA / KWOMA PEOPLE
- REGION / AREA :HAUT SEPIK / UPPER SEPIK
- PAYS / COUNTRY : PAPOUASIE NOUVELLE GUINEE / PAPUA NEW GUINEA