"Votive Board, Sculpture, Oceanic Art, Tribal Art, Primitive Arts, Oceania"
Imposing wooden votive board from a ceremonial house and presenting a stylized face evoking fertility. These boards, placed in the men's house, show drawings which are the abstract representation of ancestors or natural elements (animals and totemic plants, moon, sun, stars, etc.). Collected in the Washkuk hills area in Papua New Guinea. These are real artistic paintings whose symbols are a writing in their own right... Sold with a base. Shipping costs include.