Wooden Heads

 

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When enough headhunted skulls were not available for initiation rites, wooden ones were substituted.

 Item Number 4-36-02
Item Number 5-30-2
 

OBJECT: Head
ARTIST: Kornelius Doces   VILLAGE: Ambisu  
MATERIAL: Wood
SIZE: 7.3"                                   DATE COLLECTED: 2002

COMMENTS: Face of enemy an example for the kids @1980

 
 
 

OBJECT: Head
ARTIST:                                      VILLAGE: 
MATERIAL: Wood, seeds, feathers
SIZE: 5.2"                                   DATE COLLECTED:

COMMENTS: When the Asmat were forbidden to headhunt they substituted wooden skulls.

 

 Item Number 5-30-3
Item Number 5-30-4
 

OBJECT: Head
ARTIST:                                      VILLAGE:
MATERIAL: Hardwood
SIZE: 6"                          
DATE COLLECTED:1997

COMMENTS: These were substituted after headhunting was forbidden

 
 

OBJECT: Top of a Paddle
ARTIST:                                      VILLAGE: 
MATERIAL: Wood
SIZE: 7"                          
DATE COLLECTED:

COMMENTS: Ancestor figure

 

 Item Number 144z    
 

OBJECT: Head
ARTIST:                                      VILLAGE:  
MATERIAL: Wood, traces of pigment
SIZE: 7"                           
DATE COLLECTED:
COMMENTS: After the government forbid headhunting

they substituted wooden skulls for celebrations and headrests.

 
 
 

 

 

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