{"id":5241,"date":"2020-01-07T10:27:26","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T15:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/?p=5241"},"modified":"2024-06-26T12:10:43","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T16:10:43","slug":"papua-new-guinea-figure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/2020\/01\/papua-new-guinea-figure\/","title":{"rendered":"Papua New Guinea Figure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5242\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu\/sites\/417\/2020\/01\/AOTM-PNG-Figure-web.jpg\" alt=\"Papua New Guinea Wood Figure\" width=\"250\" height=\"631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu\/sites\/88\/2020\/01\/AOTM-PNG-Figure-web.jpg 250w, https:\/\/prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu\/sites\/88\/2020\/01\/AOTM-PNG-Figure-web-119x300.jpg 119w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>This wooden figure is from the lower Ramu River area in the Lower Sepik region of Papua New Guinea.\u00a0 An area of remarkable linguistic and cultural diversity, roughly 200 groups speaking distinct languages live in this region on the northern coast of mainland Papua New Guinea.\u00a0 This mid-20<sup>th<\/sup> century carving was likely a canoe paddle finial rendered in a style inspired by ancestor figures.<\/p>\n<p>Art in the Lower Sepik region focuses on images of ancestors and spirits which bring protection and good luck.\u00a0 This figure perhaps represents both of those as an ancestor figure wearing a spirit mask.\u00a0 The pointed head shape represents a hair style from the early 20<sup>th<\/sup> century, where a man wore a decorated hat with his hair appearing out of the top of the cap.\u00a0 The carved patterns on the shoulders and chest of the figure represent initiation markings.\u00a0 Because spirits rather than ancestors are commonly represented with the elongated nose seen in this figure, it is possible that it is a representation of a mask worn by the ancestor.<\/p>\n<p>Other objects from Papua New Guinea that have been featured for Artifact of the Month include a <a href=\"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/2013\/07\/palm-spathe\/\">palm spathe<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/2014\/01\/ceremonial-flute\/\">flute<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/2017\/06\/yam-mask\/\">yam mask<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/2019\/01\/dog-tooth-necklace\/\">dog tooth necklace<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/2021\/01\/asaro-mud-mask\/\">mud mask<\/a>, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/2022\/01\/cassowary-bone-dagger\/\">cassowary bone dagger<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This wooden figure is from the lower Ramu River area in the Lower Sepik region of Papua New Guinea.\u00a0 An area of remarkable linguistic and cultural diversity, roughly 200 groups speaking distinct languages live in this region on the northern coast of mainland Papua New [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":201,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"overlay_title":false,"hide_featured_image_post":false,"wfu_hide_page_title":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artifacts"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Papua New Guinea Figure - Timothy S. 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