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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Clan Spirit Figure (ngwalndu)
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Clan Spirit Figure (ngwalndu)

Maker Abelam people , Prince Alexander Range, Papua New Guinea
Date20th century
Made/manufacturedPapua New Guinea
MediumWood, pigment
Dimensions47 x 16 x 8 1/2 in. (119.4 x 40.6 x 21.6 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of the C. Frederick and Aase B. Thompson Foundation
Object number2009.12.1
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DescriptionFigure crowned by a magnificent pair of hornbills, flanking a cassowary head, with a neck ornament suggesting a hornbill's beak and a cassowary dagger, as well as a phallus.
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Abelam people
20th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Abelam people
20th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Iatmul people
20th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Iatmul people
20th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Abelam people
20th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Abelam people
20th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Abelam people
20th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Iatmul people
20th century
Spirit figure (talipun)
Boiken people
ca. 1950
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Abelam people
20th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Abelam people
20th century