
FIGURE DE CULTE
CULT FIGURE
DESCRIPTIF / DESCRIPTION :
Tête biface de type yena montée sur tige métallique. Pièce creuse à la base laissant penser que cette sculpture était plantée sur un pieu. Les figures yena sont utilisées lors de cérémonies traditionnelles dédiées à l'igname, tubercule sacré.
Bois dur et traces de polychromie. Bel pièce d'art tribal océanien...
Double-sided head of Yena type taken up on metal stalk. Piece showing a dig on the base letting think that this sculpture was planted on a picket. Yena figure are used during traditional ceremonies dedicated to the yam, the sacred tuber. Hard wood and tracks of polychromie. Beautiful piece of oceanian tribal art...
Double-sided head of Yena type taken up on metal stalk. Piece showing a dig on the base letting think that this sculpture was planted on a picket. Yena figure are used during traditional ceremonies dedicated to the yam, the sacred tuber. Hard wood and tracks of polychromie. Beautiful piece of oceanian tribal art...
- REFERENCE : 551
- DIMENSION / SIZE : Env. 34 x 11 cm
- VILLAGE / VILLAGE : NAGRI
- REGION / AREA :WASKUK HILLS / HAUT SEPIK
- PAYS / COUNTRY : PAPOUASIE NOUVELLE GUINEE / PAPUA NEW GUINEA