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Palo bis

late 1950s
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 350
Gli alti pali bis della popolazione Asmat della Nuova Guinea sudoccidentale sono fabbricati per una festa in onore delle persone recentemente scomparse, per aiutare i loro spiriti a raggiungere il mondo degli avi. Ciascun palo è intagliato utilizzando un singolo albero rovesciato con una radice che forma una protuberanza a forma di ali. Le grandi figure umane sull’ asta rappresentano i defunti che si vogliono onorare durante la festa. La sezione inferiore talvolta, come nell’esempio qui raffigurato, presenta una canoa che trasporta il defunto nell’aldilà.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titolo: Palo bis
  • Data: Verso la fine del decennio 1950/1960
  • Area geografica: Nuova Guinea, Indonesia, provincia di Papua (Irian Jaya), villaggio di Omadesep
  • Cultura: Popolazione Asmat
  • Materiale e tecnica: Legno, pittura, fibra
  • Dimensioni: Alt. 5,5 m
  • Crediti: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, lascito di Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
  • Numero d'inventario: 1979.206.1611
  • Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing

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