Yupini (fertility figure), collected 1964, (early 20th century ::

Other Titles: Male Yupin figure
Figure, Upin or Kepil idol, male
Yupini
Place where the work was made: Laiagam → Enga Province → Papua New Guinea
Cultural origin: Enga people
Dates: collected 1964
(early 20th century)
Media categories: Weaving , Ceremonial object
Materials used: woven, coiled and plaited plant fibre, yellow, red and white pigments, iron nails
Dimensions: 83.0 x 46.0 x 30.0 cm
Credit: Gift of Stan Moriarty 1978
Location: Not on display
Accession number: 283.1978
Copyright: © Enga people, under the endorsement of the Pacific Islands Museums Association's (PIMA) Code of Ethics
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Loan exhibition of Native art from the private collection previously not displayed of Mr S G Moriarty, Gallery Stephen Kellner, Australia, 15 Sep 1966–06 Oct 1966
Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 Oct 1974 -
Papuan Arts and Civilisation, Musee d'arts Africains, Oceaniens, Amerindiens, , 19 Apr 2000–30 Aug 2000

Willibald Blank, Anthropos, 'Ein Fruchtbarkeitsidol aus dem westlichen Hochland von Neuguinea', pg. 907-08, Sankt Augustin, 1963. General reference to 'yupini' plaited fibre figures. Reproduction of 'yupini' figure in the collection of the Anthropos Institute.
Chris Boylan and Greta North, The world of tribal arts, 'Highlands Art of New Guinea', pg. 73-83, San Francisco, Winter 1997, 82 (colour illus.). fig.no. 23
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 'yupini' plaited fibre figures.
Philip Gibbs, Anthropos, 'The Kepele Ritual of the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea', pg. 434-448, Sankt Augustin, 1978. General reference to 'yupini' plaited fibre figures and description of the Kepele Ritual.
Danièle Giraudy, Art Papou: Austronésiens et Papous de Nouvelle-Guinée, Paris, 2000, 211 (colour illus.), 323. cat.no. 196; titled "Statue Yupin"
Adrienne L. Kaeppler, Christian Kaufmann and Douglas Newton, L'Art Océanien, Paris, 1993, 592 (illus.).
Roger Neich, Records (vol. 1, no. 2), 'Basketwork fertility figures from the Western Enga and nearby groups, Western and Southern Highlands, New Guinea', pg. 33-62, Wellington, 25 Nov 1975, 43 (line illus.). figure no. 5
Tony Tuckson, Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Sydney, 1973, 36 (illus.), 53. cat.no. H121