Statue représentant un ancêtre typique du village de Mindimbit dans la vallée du fleuve Sépik en Papouasie Nouvelle Guinée. Les dessins de cette statue sont ceux que l'on retrouve peints sur le corps des participants aux cérémonies d'initiation. Ils s'inspirent principalement des écailles de crocodile.
Ce type de figure fait référence au premier couple du clan (ici l'ancêtre masculin). Ocre rouge, chaux, plumes de casoar, bois, coquillages et fibres naturelles.
Ancestor figure typical from Mindimbit village, middle sepik area, Papua new guinea. The design on this carving is similar to the ones painted on participants in initiations. They mainly refer to crocodile scales. Those kind of figures refer to the first human couple (here the first man).Redclay, lime paint, cassowary feathers, wood, shells and natural fibers. Sépik river / Sepik river.
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