Male figure playing a nose flute

Unknown (Papuan)

Item type:

sculpture

Date of creation:

20th century

Height:

57.0 cm  (22 7/16 in.)

Width:

17.0 cm  (6 11/16 in.)

Depth:

14.0 cm  (5 1/2 in.)

base: 4 cm (1 9/16 in.) base+object: 57 × 17 × 14 cm (22 7/16 × 6 11/16 × 5 1/2 in.)

Technique / Medium:

wood with shell

Place of creation:

Papua New Guinea

Description

This wooden sculpture presents a standing male figure, with shell eyes, wearing a tall headdress and playing a long nose flute.

Iconclass

48C7525
one person playing wind instrument
31D14
adult man

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Nose flute [4017]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

6193