Figures are always carved
form a single piece of wood. They represent deceased relatives of the
makers.
Item
Number 4-20-03
Item
Number 4-22-03
OBJECT: Ero
ARTIST: Lambertus Buri
VILLAGE: Weo
MATERIAL: Wood and traces of
pigment
SIZE: 70"
DATE COLLECTED: 2003
COMMENTS:
OBJECT: Ero
ARTIST: Markos Emen
VILLAGE: Weo MATERIAL:
Wood, lime, red ochre and
charcoal
SIZE:86.4"
DATE COLLECTED: 2003
COMMENTS: From the longhouse,
ancestor from Siretsj River
Item
Number 4-23-03
Item
Number
4-24-03
OBJECT: Ancestor Figure
ARTIST: Aosotir
VILLAGE: Weo
MATERIAL: Wood, lime, red ochre
and charcoal
SIZE: 86"
DATE COLLECTED: 2003
COMMENTS: Openwork wing at the
top represents the phallus
OBJECT: Ancestor Figure
ARTIST: Taksa Muda
VILLAGE: Weo
MATERIAL: Wood, lime, red ochre
and charcoal
SIZE: 76"
DATE COLLECTED: 2003
COMMENTS: Taksa Muda, his wife
died in childbirth while we were there,
Item
Number
4-25-03
Item
Number
4-29-03
OBJECT: Longhouse Pole/ Ancestor
Figure
ARTIST: Mikel Dap
VILLAGE: Weo
MATERIAL: Wood, lime, red ochre
and charcoal
SIZE: 85"
DATE COLLECTED: 2003
COMMENTS:
OBJECT: Ancestor Figure Ero
ARTIST: Sokar Tua
(deceased) VILLAGE:
Weo
MATERIAL: Wood, lime, red ochre
and charcoal
SIZE: 68"
DATE COLLECTED: 2003
COMMENTS:
4-20-03
