Malakula. <em>Figure (Temes Nevinbur)</em>, early 20th century. Fiber, leaves, wood, raffia, vegetal-fiber paste, pigment, 34 1/4 x 21 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. (87 x 54.6 x 9.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frederick Loeser Fund, Carll H. de Silver Fund, and Caroline A.L. Pratt Fund, 68.53. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 68.53.jpg)

Malakula. Figure (Temes Nevinbur), early 20th century. Fiber, leaves, wood, raffia, vegetal-fiber paste, pigment, 34 1/4 x 21 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. (87 x 54.6 x 9.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frederick Loeser Fund, Carll H. de Silver Fund, and Caroline A.L. Pratt Fund, 68.53. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 68.53.jpg)

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Figure (Temes Nevinbur)

Arts of the Pacific Islands

CULTURE Malakula

MEDIUM Fiber, leaves, wood, raffia, vegetal-fiber paste, pigment

Place Made: Malakula, Malampa Province, Vanuatu

DATES early 20th century

DIMENSIONS 34 1/4 x 21 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. (87 x 54.6 x 9.5 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Arts of the Pacific Islands

ACCESSION NUMBER 68.53

CREDIT LINE Frederick Loeser Fund, Carll H. de Silver Fund, and Caroline A.L. Pratt Fund

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Female half figure (waist up) shown with raised, outstretched arms at 90 degrees to one another, and at 135 degrees to the lower torso which is modeled over the supporting wooden armature. Body, arms, and head are bulked out with leaves and vegetable fiber, tied with raffia strings, and covered with a thin layer of paranarium nut paste which is thicker on the head where everything is molded to form facial features. The left hand has four fingers and the right hand two (2 or 3 having been broken off). Head is rigged with modeled paranarium paste. A turban-like ring of raffia strings encircles the top of the head. Background paint is black over painted with earth white and bright orange; arms encircled and torso is broken up into triangular areas. Head is painted with parallel lines, narrower than on other body parts.

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Malakula. Figure (Temes Nevinbur), early 20th century. Fiber, leaves, wood, raffia, vegetal-fiber paste, pigment, 34 1/4 x 21 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. (87 x 54.6 x 9.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frederick Loeser Fund, Carll H. de Silver Fund, and Caroline A.L. Pratt Fund, 68.53. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 68.53.jpg)

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