Timbu wara, mid 20th century, collected 1972 ::

Other Titles: Female figure
Timbuwarra
Timbuwar
Place where the work was made: Pangia → Southern Highlands Province → Papua New Guinea
Cultural origin: Wiru people
Dates: mid 20th century
collected 1972
Media categories: Ceremonial object , Weaving
Materials used: coiled plant fibre, cane, yellow and red ochre pigments, blue pigment
Dimensions: 144.0 x 77.0 x 1.8 cm
Credit: Purchased 1977
Location: Not on display
Accession number: 243.1977
Copyright: Reproduction requests
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Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 Oct 1974 -

Heinz Christian Dosedla, Tribus, 'Kunst und Kunstler im zentralen Hochland von Papua-Neuguinea', pg. 87-119, Stuttgart, Sep 1978. General reference to 'timbu wara' plaited fibre figures, pg. 94-95. Article in German.
Heinz Christian Dosedla, Abhandlungen und Berichte des Staatlichen Museums fur Volkerkunde Dresden [Band 41], 'Kultfiguren aus Flechtwerk im zentralen Hochland von PNG', pg. 86-98, Berlin, 1984. General reference to 'timbu wara' and 'yupin' plaited fibre figures. Figure no. 4 reproduces a similar 'timbu wara' figure from Pangia (Wiru) from the collection of the Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass, USA, Inv.No. E56766
David Said, OAS Newsletter, 'Exclusive showing of the Moriarty PNG Highlands art collection at the Art Gallery of New South Wales', pg. 2-3, Sydney, Jan 2007, 3 (illus.).
Pamela J Stewart and Andrew Strathern, Records of the South Australian Museum, 'Timbu wara figures from Pangia, Papua New Guinea', pg. 65-77, Adelaide, 2001. General reference to 'timbu wara' plaited plant fibre figures.
Tony Tuckson, Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Sydney, 1973, 28 (illus.), 49. cat.no. H5