DepartmentAsia

Ancestor or gable figure from an ancestor house

NameFigure

Artist Artist not recorded

DateMid-20th century (before 1970)

Place madeMalampa, Vanuatu, Melanesia, Oceania

MediumTree fern, weed, bark, boars tusk, pigment (ochre, lime, black mineral), feathers, spider web

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.1970.34.7

Object numberFA.1970.34.7

Collections

Art from Vanuatu

DescriptionFigure with raised hands, boars tusks on face, and pointed lower half, painted in black and white over reddish orange. Inward pointing V shapes on torso, repeated black and white interlocking arrow motifs on arms, downward pointing white V on neck.