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Title

Timbu wara

mid 20th century
collected 1972

Artists

Unknown Artist

  • Details

    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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  • Places

    Where the work was made

    Pangia

  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 1 exhibition

  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 5 publications

    • 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