LOT 142 BIWAT PEOPLE, Yuat River, Papua New Guinea. nHard …
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BIWAT PEOPLE, Yuat River, Papua New Guinea.
Hard wood, pigments, casoar feathers, cowries, vegetable fibres.
Wusear" flute cap featuring a standing male figure with an expressive face, eyes inlaid with cowrie shells. This stopper closed the end of a bamboo flute kept in ceremonial houses.
Height: 55.5 cm (without the casoar feathers).
Cracks, small splinters, slight wear.
Literary reference: "Arts des Mer du Sud", collection of the Barbier-Mueller Museum. Page 190, fig3.
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