Lot Essay
Such ornaments were placed over the door of a man's house. The painted circles represent the sun. Bodrogi (1961, pl. 95) publishes a similar example.
Details
A NEW IRELAND HOUSE ORNAMENT, walik
Lumbura
Of rectangular shape with a male figure in the center standing on a crescent moon and holding both ends, at the sides two panels painted with sunburst designs in red, black and white, opercula inlays in center, framed with two serpent forms, the heads at each side biting each others tails
36½in. (92.8cm.) high
Lumbura
Of rectangular shape with a male figure in the center standing on a crescent moon and holding both ends, at the sides two panels painted with sunburst designs in red, black and white, opercula inlays in center, framed with two serpent forms, the heads at each side biting each others tails
36½in. (92.8cm.) high
Provenance
Neuchatel, Musée d'Ethnographie, v. 403, collected by A. Speyer, 1921, given by W. Russ-Young.
Literature
Neuchatel, 1970 p. 89, pl. 5.
Exhibited
Neuchatel, May 6 - Dec. 31, 1970.