Papua New Guinea

Old Papua New Guinea Abelam Carved Wooden Yam Peg / Stake Circa 1960s

Old Papua New Guinea Abelam Carved Wooden Yam Peg / Stake Circa 1960s
Old Papua New Guinea Abelam Carved Wooden Yam Peg / Stake Circa 1960s
Old Papua New Guinea Abelam Carved Wooden Yam Peg / Stake Circa 1960s
Old Papua New Guinea Abelam Carved Wooden Yam Peg / Stake Circa 1960s
Old Papua New Guinea Abelam Carved Wooden Yam Peg / Stake Circa 1960s
Old Papua New Guinea Abelam Carved Wooden Yam Peg / Stake Circa 1960s
Old Papua New Guinea Abelam Carved Wooden Yam Peg / Stake Circa 1960s
Old Papua New Guinea Abelam Carved Wooden Yam Peg / Stake Circa 1960s
Old Papua New Guinea Abelam Carved Wooden Yam Peg / Stake Circa 1960s
Old Papua New Guinea Abelam Carved Wooden Yam Peg / Stake Circa 1960s
Old Papua New Guinea Abelam Carved Wooden Yam Peg / Stake Circa 1960s
Old Papua New Guinea Abelam Carved Wooden Yam Peg / Stake Circa 1960s

Old Papua New Guinea Abelam Carved Wooden Yam Peg / Stake Circa 1960s

Old Papua New Guinea Abelam Carved Wooden Yam Peg / Stake. Circa 1960s collection piece One of several being offered and listed separately. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Are a people who live in the.

They are a farming society in which giant yams play a significant role. They live in the Prince Alexander mountains near the north coast of the island. Belongs to the Sepik family. The Abelam live in the. And clear ground by burning.

Their main food crops are. They supplement this with food gathered from the rain forest as well as pigs and chickens raised domestically. Yam growing forms a large part of Abelam society. The growing of large yams they can be as large as 80-90 inches (2.3 m) long determines the status of individuals as well as the whole village. At yam festivals, an individual would give his largest yam to his worst enemy who would then be obligated to grow an even larger yam or have his status fall each year in which he was unable to do so. Separate villages would gather at yam festivals where the hosting villages status would be determined by the size of their yams as well as their ability to provide more food than could be eaten and carried away by the rival village. During the yam growing season strong emotions were kept to a minimum as they were thought to impede the growth of the yams. Fighting was taboo as was sexual activity. It was thought that the yams had a spirit and could sense any of these strong emotions. Please see detail photos which form part of the description LNG/C. 39 cm Long X Approx. 4.5 cm Deep X 3.5 cm Wide. We cannot fix a problem we do not know about.

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He has organized and/or participated in photographic expeditions in. And some of the more remote islands of the south pacific. "On board the forty-foot ketch, the "Marquesa, we were the first yacht to visit the remote. In the Marquesas in almost two years. The item "Old Papua New Guinea Abelam Carved Wooden Yam Peg / Stake Circa 1960s" is in sale since Tuesday, November 28, 2017.

This item is in the category "Antiques\Ethnographic\Pacific Islands & Oceania". The seller is "jimapix" and is located in Miranda, South Sydney, New South Wales. This item can be shipped worldwide.
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Originating Region: Papua New Guinea
  • Provenance: Abelam, Sepik District
  • Era: 1960's
  • Material: Wood
  • Product Type: Carved Wooden Yam Peg / Stake

Old Papua New Guinea Abelam Carved Wooden Yam Peg / Stake Circa 1960s