Unknown
(Papua New Guinea)
- Title
- Nogwi
- Other titles:
- Female fertility figure, yam cult
Noukwi - Place of origin
-
Ambunti Mountains (Waskuk Hills) →
East Sepik Province →
Papua New Guinea
- Cultural origin
- Kwoma people
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- quilla wood coated with charcoal, lime, ochre, grass fibre
- Dimensions
-
132.6 x 22.0 x 17.3cm:
0 - Whole; 132.6cm (52 3/16")
0 - Whole; 22cm (8 11/16")
0 - Whole; 17.3cm (6 13/16")
- Credit
- Purchased 1971
- Accession number
- 150.1971
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (1)
-
Planters and artists: the roles of leading members of the Kwoma in Papua New Guinea 1972, 1972. For general information about the Kwoma people of the Waskuk Hills.
