↗Melanesia, New Guinea, Massim Area, Trobriand Islands, 20th century · before 1930
Club
Creator not recorded
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Munro · The Cleveland Museum of Art
Image: public domain (CC0) · Museum record & image source ↗
Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, 19th century · 1800s
Ancestral Figure
Creator not recorded by the museum
- Date
- 1800s
- Medium
- painted wood with fiber and tapa cloth
- Dimensions
- Overall: 105.4 x 12.2 x 12.8 cm (41 1/2 x 4 13/16 x 5 1/16 in.)
- Country / context
- Papua New Guinea
- Movement / tradition
- Oceanic arts
- Collection
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Pathway
- Oceanic arts ↗
FROM THE MUSEUM
In the Sepik River region, village social and ceremonial life centers on the men's house. Ritual objects such as slit gongs, orators' stools, and flutes are stored there; the most sacred objects are kept hidden from women and children. Carved wooden figures, which probably represent ancestors, were preserved in the men's houses.
Collection text · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0A MOMENT TO LOOK
Start with what you can see: shapes, surface, colour and scale. How might the listed materials affect the way this object was made and experienced?
Looking prompt · an invitation to observe, not a historical interpretation.Follow a connection.
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↗Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Papuan Gulf, Elema District, 20th century · before 1930
Spirit Board
Creator not recorded
↗Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Huon Gulf, Tami Islands, 19th century · 1800s
Bowl
Creator not recorded
↗Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Abelam People, 20th century · 1900s
Yam Mask
Creator not recorded