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An important Malekula island figure, Temes nevimbure, wood,…
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Auckland
Date:
14-Jul-2011
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An important Malekula island figure, Temes nevimbure, wood, bamboo, vegetable matter, spider web and pigs tusks. H.1,20 cm This rare figure painted in red ochre and white mineral pigment and embellished with finely meshed smoked spider’s web represents a very high grade male figure. It is displayed during certain festivities even after the death of the owner. Collected in 1940 by Mr Oscar Mevmanwho, a plantation owner on Malekula Island, then passed onto the present owner
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Category:
Unclassified