"Votive Board, Sculpture, Oceanic Art, Tribal Art, Primitive Arts, Oceania"
Finely carved votive board from a ceremonial house resembling a "Minja" cult figure. The Minja figure represents a water spirit and is synonymous with fertility. This figure, which symbolizes the period of growth of the yam in the ground, is used to celebrate the harvest of these sacred tubers during a second ceremony in a cycle that includes three. Wood with traces of use. 
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