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Arokomaka spirit faces

Yatiikapa
Arokomaka spirit faces
 1978

Medium
earth and natural pigments on sago palm petiole

Measurements
116.0 × 71.9 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through the NGV Foundation with the assistance of The Thomas William Lasham Fund, Founder Benefactor, 2001
© Courtesy of the copyright holder

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Bangwis village, Washkuk Hills, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea

Accession Number
2001.426

Department
Pacific Art

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Physical description
Iconography: not totemic. The painting is a two dimensional or graphic version of a type of non-totemic double-headed design which is carved on beams in ceremonial houses. The type depicted here is the one named arokomaka.

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