Pièce vendue avec un socle de présenation. Small Minja figure showing a water spirit that evokes fertility. This figure is used during a ceremony to celebrate the yam harvest and symbolises the growing period of thoses sacred tubers.
Collected in Mino village in Papua New Guinea (Kwoma ethnic group). Wood, natural pigments and paints. Taille / Size : 43 x 10 cm. Région / Area : Village de Mino / Mino village. Pays / Country : Papouasie Nouvelle Guinée / Papua New Guinea.