Medium
earth pigments on clay and fibre, bamboo, feathers
Measurements
100.0 × 25.0 × 45.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through the NGV Foundation by Fenn Hinchcliffe, Member, 2006
Gallery location
Not on display
Place/s of Execution
Malekula Island / Banks Island, Vanuatu
Accession Number
2006.31
Department
Pacific Art
Physical description
The sculpture made with a papier-maché-like paste of fibre and clay, laid over a frame of bamboo frame, wood and decorated with colour schemes of body designs and feathers specific to the member's particular grade. Men grading ceremonies are performed in which a man can acquire a number of grades (status) in a life time.