DepartmentAsia

Funerary figure

NameFigure

Artist Artist not recorded

DateEarly 20th century

Place madeMalampa, Vanuatu, Melanesia, Oceania

MediumTree fern, spider web, clay, boar's tusks, natural pigments

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.1970.34.15

Object numberFA.1970.34.15

Collections

Kal Muller Collection

DescriptionElongated oval simplified figure with unpainted bottom for inserting in the ground. The figure is simplified to a long area below the face painted in red, white and black interlocking diamond and zig-zag motifs. Boars tusks protrude from just below the modeled nose. The eyes are deeply set under heavy eyebrows, and a tall point tops the head, also painted with a large off-white diamond with red, white and black around.