
SCULPTURE DE FAITAGE
FINIALROOF
DESCRIPTIF / DESCRIPTION :
Sculpture de faîtage représentant un personnage surmonté d'un aigle à la queue de crocodile. Cette figure symbolisant un ancêtre du clan accompagné de ses animaux totem est exposée aux 2 sommets des grandes cases de cérémonie. La monochromie (une couleur) de celle-ci est typique du village de Kanganaman. Bois dur.
Finialroof showing one character with its totem animals : an eagle upon his head with a crocodile tail. Those carvings are put on tops of the big spirit houses. The black color of that one is specific to the Kanganaman village. Hardwood.
Finialroof showing one character with its totem animals : an eagle upon his head with a crocodile tail. Those carvings are put on tops of the big spirit houses. The black color of that one is specific to the Kanganaman village. Hardwood.
- REFERENCE : 162
- DIMENSION / SIZE : 129 cm
- VILLAGE / VILLAGE : KANGANAMAN
- REGION / AREA :MOYEN SEPIK / MIDDLE SEPIK
- PAYS / COUNTRY : PAPOUASIE NOUVELLE GUINEE / PAPUA NEW GUINEA