
POTEAU DE CASE
HOUSE POLE
DESCRIPTIF / DESCRIPTION :
Voici un des objets les plus étonnants que l'on puisse trouver dans une case de cérémonie papou. Il s'agit d'un personnage féminin qui incarne la femme créatrice et la fertilité. Ce personnage se prolonge en un poteau de près de 7m de long qui a pour fonction de soutenir la poutre faîtière puis une des deux sculptures faîtières. Ici, la partie non sculptée de ce mât a été coupée. La photo in situ en bas de page permet de visualiser sa position dans la case. Cette pièce faisait partie d'une case qui a été mise à terre lorsqu'elle a été jugée trop ancienne. On peut donc supposer une ancienneté d'une quarantaine d'années (durée de vie d'une case). Bois dur.
This is one of the most amazing thing you can find in a papuan spirit house. This piece shows a woman who symbolises the first mother of the clan and fertility. Above his head, a pole which is carved on a few meters and that evokes some totemic animals, here a snake. . Here, the pole has been cut right after the carved part. The total lenght of this piece was about 7 meters long. You can see on a picture below how this huge carving is set in the spirit house. This pole support the ridgepole of the men's house and a finialroof carving, usually an ancestor with a bird. This a real peace which has been used and that is probably 40 years old. I could get it when they put down an old spirit house. Hard wood.
This is one of the most amazing thing you can find in a papuan spirit house. This piece shows a woman who symbolises the first mother of the clan and fertility. Above his head, a pole which is carved on a few meters and that evokes some totemic animals, here a snake. . Here, the pole has been cut right after the carved part. The total lenght of this piece was about 7 meters long. You can see on a picture below how this huge carving is set in the spirit house. This pole support the ridgepole of the men's house and a finialroof carving, usually an ancestor with a bird. This a real peace which has been used and that is probably 40 years old. I could get it when they put down an old spirit house. Hard wood.
- REFERENCE : 1059
- DIMENSION / SIZE : 340 X 116 X 130 cm
- VILLAGE / VILLAGE : GAIGEROBI
- REGION / AREA :AIRE SAWOS
- PAYS / COUNTRY : PAPOUASIE NOUVELLE GUINEE