Dance wand staff "temes"
Ref : Vanuatu 001
Collected in
southwest malekula island,
Vanuatu (small nambas people-Lawa village) during the 60's and made of vegetal matter, boar
tusks, wood and natural pigments this long nose puppet "asiling" fixed
on a stick represents
the son of Kaiwut Mansip, a mythological figure.Total height : 31 inches / 80 cm
Mask only : 11 inches / 27 cm
Ex Nicolai Michoutouchkine (Russia-Vanuatu) collection
Ex Michael Kuntz (Houston-Texas) collection
Litterature : Felix Speiser " Ethonology of Vanuatu"
Estimated age : 1950-60
