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Carved wood. Ochre pigments, traces of lime
Restoration to right arm
Height: 26 cm
Urama language group
Gulf of Papua
Papua New Guinea
Source :
Collected by Thomas Schultze Westrum in the village of Kinomere on the island of Urama in 1966.
Thomas Schultze Westrum Collection G562 (label on back)
The Jolika Collection by Marcia & John Friede. Rye, New York
Figures of ancestors, Bioma were placed above the skulls of crocodiles and pigs, not far from the Gope boards, in the clan alcove in the men’s house.
According to T. Schultze Westrum, during his stay on the island of Urama, informants told him that the wood used to make Bioma was that used to build a new pirogue, not old boats.
This representation is distinguished by its small dimensions.
Price: €5,800
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