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Oceania / Melanesia / Secret societies
Oceania / Melanesia / Figures / Ancestor figures / Miscellaneous

Further details

Knife with depiction of a 'tamate' (ancestral spirit). Used in the 'suque' secret society.

Artist or creator

Banks Islands (Vanuatu)

Date

19th century - 20th century

Location

.., Private collection

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Anthony Meyer, Oceanic Art, Cologne 1995, ill. 465

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