Crâne surmodelé "kus"
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- Crâne surmodelé "kus"
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87e vente aux enchères Tribal ArtCrâne surmodelé "kus"
Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, Asmat
Provenance | Taille | Prix d’appel / Prix d'Estimation |
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H: 20 cm | Cet objet n’est plus disponible. |
wood, matt patina, dominated by a big mouth with blackened teeth, min. dam., cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base.
When a trophy skull was lost or destroyed, a wooden head called "kus" was carved to replace it. In later years after head-hunting was banned by the authorities, wooden heads were used at initiation ceremonies in place of real and "freshly hunted" ones.
Konrad, Gunter & Ursula, u.a., Asmat, Glashütten 1981, p. 104