Voorouderbeeld Wereldmuseum Rotterdam, maker onbekend
(1909)

68 x 13 x 14 cm Wood and plant fiber Collectie Wereldmuseum, Rotterdam Photo: Bas Czerwinski

This ancestor sculpture comes from the Sepik region and was created to honour and please the ancestor. It is not an image of the ancestor, but a possible resting place for the ancestor’s spirit to keep in contact with its offspring.

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