Papua New Guinea

Figure de culte, fertility cult, papua new guinea, sculpture, tribal art

Figure de culte, fertility cult, papua new guinea, sculpture, tribal art
Figure de culte, fertility cult, papua new guinea, sculpture, tribal art
Figure de culte, fertility cult, papua new guinea, sculpture, tribal art
Figure de culte, fertility cult, papua new guinea, sculpture, tribal art
Figure de culte, fertility cult, papua new guinea, sculpture, tribal art
Figure de culte, fertility cult, papua new guinea, sculpture, tribal art
Figure de culte, fertility cult, papua new guinea, sculpture, tribal art
Figure de culte, fertility cult, papua new guinea, sculpture, tribal art
Figure de culte, fertility cult, papua new guinea, sculpture, tribal art
Figure de culte, fertility cult, papua new guinea, sculpture, tribal art
Figure de culte, fertility cult, papua new guinea, sculpture, tribal art
Figure de culte, fertility cult, papua new guinea, sculpture, tribal art
Figure de culte, fertility cult, papua new guinea, sculpture, tribal art
Figure de culte, fertility cult, papua new guinea, sculpture, tribal art
Figure de culte, fertility cult, papua new guinea, sculpture, tribal art
Figure de culte, fertility cult, papua new guinea, sculpture, tribal art

Figure de culte, fertility cult, papua new guinea, sculpture, tribal art
Figure de culte Yena / Yena cult figure. Figure yena collectée dans le village de Nagri en Papouasie Nouvelle Guinée. La figure yena s'associe à la première cérémonie organisée pour fêter la récolte de l'igname (cycle de trois cérémonies en tout), tubercule sacré et vénéré dans toute la Mélanésie. Cette sculpture symbolise la période de plantation et évoque le tubercule ainsi que le bâton à fouir servant à sa transplantation. Ces traditions sont encore fortes dans la région des Waskuk hills.

Pièce unique vendue avec un socle de présentation. Rare yena figure collected in the village of Nagri in Papua New Guinea.

The yena figure is associated with the first ceremony organized to celebrate the harvest of the yam (cycle of three ceremonies in all), sacred and revered tuber throughout Melanesia. This sculpture symbolizes the planting period and evokes the tuber as well as the stick to be used for its transplantation.

These traditions are still strong in the region of the Waskuk hills. Taille / Size : 78 x 18 cm. Région / Area : Village de Nagri / Nagri village. Pays / Country : Papouasie Nouvelle Guinée / Papua New Guinea.


Figure de culte, fertility cult, papua new guinea, sculpture, tribal art