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16 - Papua-Neuguinea - Washkuk, Kwoma
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Papua-Neuguinea - Washkuk, Kwoma Stehende weibliche Figur "nogwi" Holz, Pigmente Sockel "Nogwi"-Figuren spielten eine zentrale Rolle in den Initiations- und Fruchtbarkeitsritualen der Kwoma. Sie stellten die mythischen Ahnfrauen "Hameiyau" und "Sanggriayau" dar und wurden während komplexer Zeremonien in das Zeremonienhaus gebracht. Musikalische Darbietungen auf heiligen Flöten, Muschel- und Holztrompeten, der Bau ritueller Anlagen sowie nächtliche Zeremonien mit der Wassertrommel begleiteten die Rituale. Die Figuren verkörperten übernatürliche Kräfte und galten als Erscheinungsformen weiblicher Geistwesen, denen symbolische Handlungen wie die Zerstörung von Tongefäßen zugeschrieben wurden. Mass: H: 97,5 cm Provenance: Arno Henseler, Munich, Germany Lit.: Newton, Douglas, Crocodile and Cassowary, New York 1971, p. 88
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