Sujet
Nuts or seeds carved with ancestral faces
Légende
Nuts or seeds carved with ancestral faces, The object is split to represent the mouth. If the lower part of it is flipped with the thumb nail a sound results which is similar to a frog croaking. The beads were worn by young men as a necklace and used to atract girls during courtship rituals. New Guinea. Sepik River region. Late 19th c
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Notre référence
UMG12A27_316
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
30,9Mo (1002,2Ko) / 27,3cm x 28,4cm / 3220 x 3352 (300dpi)