
PETIT MASQUE SUR TIGE
SMALL MASK ON BASE
DESCRIPTIF / DESCRIPTION :
Petit masque papou collecté dans le village de Yessan et monté sur tige métallique. Représentation d'un ancêtre du clan. Dessins tribaux en écailles évoquant une peau de crocodile, animal symbole de puissance et de protection. Bois et traces de polychromie.
Small Papuan mask collected in the village of Yessan and taken up on metal stalk. Representation of an ancestor of the clan. Tribal drawings in scales evoking a skin of crocodile, animal symbol of power and protection. Wood and pigments tracks.
Small Papuan mask collected in the village of Yessan and taken up on metal stalk. Representation of an ancestor of the clan. Tribal drawings in scales evoking a skin of crocodile, animal symbol of power and protection. Wood and pigments tracks.
- REFERENCE : 543
- DIMENSION / SIZE : Env. 40 x 13 cm
- VILLAGE / VILLAGE : YESSAN
- REGION / AREA :HAUT SEPIK / UPPER SEPIK
- PAYS / COUNTRY : PAPOUASIE NOUVELLE GUINEE / PAPUA NEW GUINEA