Iconography

NON-EURASIAN ICONOGRAPHY

Oceania / Melanesia / Figures / Ancestor figures / Primordial ancestors

PORTRAITS

Ancestor figures / Male

Further details

Depiction of 'Mian Gandu', a significant founding ancestor.

Artist or creator

Sawos (Yatami clan, Wolembi hamlet, Yamok village, Papua New Guinea)

Date

19th century - 20th century

Location

.., Private collection

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Anthony Meyer, Oceanic Art, Cologne 1995, ill. 280

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