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.1970.34.8

Object numberFA.1970.34.8

Collections

Kal Muller Collection

DescriptionFigure with raised hands, boars tusks on face, and pointed lower half, painted in black and white over reddish orange. Scroll forms on either side of torso, wave like form at bottom of torso. Tall point on top of head.

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