
SCULPTURE DE MYTHE
LEGEND CARVING
DESCRIPTIF / DESCRIPTION :
Sculpture mettant en scène un mythe papou. Ces mythes, souvent relatifs à la naissance d'un clan, font intervenir des ancêtres et leurs animaux protecteurs. Ici, un oiseau calao symbole de sagesse et un crocodile symbole de puissance. Bois brut.
Sculpture representing a scene of a papuan myth. These myths, often relative to the birth of a clan, bring in ancestors and their protector animals. Here, an hornbill animal symbol of wisdom and a crocodile symbol of power. Wood.
Sculpture representing a scene of a papuan myth. These myths, often relative to the birth of a clan, bring in ancestors and their protector animals. Here, an hornbill animal symbol of wisdom and a crocodile symbol of power. Wood.
- REFERENCE : 1155
- DIMENSION / SIZE : Env. 117 x 16 x x16 cm
- VILLAGE / VILLAGE : YESSAN
- REGION / AREA :MOYEN SEPIK / MIDDLE SEPIK
- PAYS / COUNTRY : PAPOUASIE NOUVELLE GUINEE / PAPUA NEW GUINEA