Unknown
(Papua New Guinea)
- Title
- Yupin
- Other titles:
- Yupin figure
Figure, Upin with male and female organs
Yupini
Yupin with male and female organs - Place of origin
-
Laiagam →
Enga Province →
Papua New Guinea
- Cultural origin
- Yandapu people
- Year
- collected 1963
- Media categories
- Mixed media, Ceremonial object
- Materials used
- coiled vine and rattan, dried plant fibre decoration
- Dimensions
-
51.0 x 23.5 x 18.0cm figure:
0 - Whole; 51cm (20 1/16"); width of figure excluding plant fibres
0 - Whole; 23.5cm (9 1/4"); width of figure including plant fibre (approx.)
0 - Whole; 34cm (13 3/8")
0 - Whole; 18cm (7 1/16")
- Credit
- Gift of Stan Moriarty 1978
- Accession number
- 284.1978
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (5)
-
'Kultfiguren aus Flechtwerk im zentralen Hochland von PNG' by Heinz Christian Dosedla, pg. 86-98., Abhandlungen und Berichte des Staatlichen Museums fur Volkerkunde Dresden [Band 41] 1984, 1984. General reference to 'timbu wara' and 'yupin' plaited fibre figures.
'The Kepele Ritual of the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea' by Philip Gibbs, pg. 434-448., Anthropos 1978, 1978. General reference to 'yupin' plaited fibre figures and description of the Kepele Ritual.
'Basketwork fertility figures from the Western Enga and nearby groups, Western and Southern Highlands, New Guinea' by Roger Neich, pg. 33-62., Records (vol. 1, no. 2) 25 Nov 1975, 25 Nov 1975, 42, 43 (illus.). figure no. 4
Tony Tuckson (Egypt; England; Australia, b.1921, d.1973) (Author), Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Domain, 1973, 36 (illus.), 53. cat.no. H122
'Ein Fruchtbarkeitsidol aus dem westlichen Hochland von Neuguinea' by Willibald Blank, pg. 907-08., Anthropos 1963, 1963. General reference to 'yupin' plaited fibre figures. Reproduction of 'yupin' figure in the collection of the Anthropos Institute.
