
TOTEM ABELAM
DESCRIPTIF / DESCRIPTION :
Extraordinaire totem Abelam. Il représente un ancêtre couché, sculpté, coiffé d'un wagnen peint. Deux paires de visages l'encadrent, deux têtes de calao terminent l'extrémité au-dessus de lui tandis qu'une seule termine l'extrémité en-dessous de lui. Le verso, en demi rond, montre deux serpent qui se dirigent vers un personnage stylisé placé au centre. La fonction de cette pièce est inconnue. Peut-être un objet funéraire, une décoration de lieu de culte? Les thèmes abordés (calao, serpent, ancêtres) font référence aux mythes et légendes Abelam. Bois, pigments.
Extraordinary abelam totem. It shows a ancestor lying down and wearing a wagnen. Two faces above his face and two underneath his feet, two hornbills end the post above him but only one underneath. On the back, two snakes are lookigs at a stylised character. The use of this post is unknown. Maybe a funerary item, or a spirit house decoration. Hornbills, snakes, ancestors are linked to the abelam myths and legends. Wood, pigments.
Extraordinary abelam totem. It shows a ancestor lying down and wearing a wagnen. Two faces above his face and two underneath his feet, two hornbills end the post above him but only one underneath. On the back, two snakes are lookigs at a stylised character. The use of this post is unknown. Maybe a funerary item, or a spirit house decoration. Hornbills, snakes, ancestors are linked to the abelam myths and legends. Wood, pigments.
- REFERENCE : 668
- DIMENSION / SIZE : 313 x 18 cm
- REGION / AREA :DISTRICT DE MAPRIK
- PAYS / COUNTRY : PAPOUASIE NOUVELLE GUINEE / PAPUA NEW GUINEA