Sujet
A female poutokomanawa, a figure that rests against the post supporting the ridgepole of a chiefs house or meeting house
Légende
A female poutokomanawa, a figure that rests against the post supporting the ridgepole of a chiefs house or meeting house, The ridge pole is symbolically the backbone of the ancestor whose body is the whole house, while the post figure is an important recent ancestor. New Zealand. Maori. c 1860. East Coast.
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Notre référence
UMG12A27_374
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
26,8Mo (987,6Ko) / 22,8cm x 29,5cm / 2688 x 3481 (300dpi)