Lot 90
Fine Kwam Ceremonial bowl, Wosera Peple, Middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Sculpted fired clay and natural pigment. Kwam are important cult objects and ceremonial bowls. They aredecorated with one or more stylized representations of nggwal or ancestral spirits. At a specific moment in male initiation ceremonies, the kwam is used to drink a special (white soup) made of sago, coconut and yam. The kwam is also used in yam-harvest ceremonies, as well as in ceremonies related to the cult of the ancestors.
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Provenance:
- Ex Eric Coote Collection, New South Wales. Dimensions:
- Approx L19 x29cm. Exhibited:
- 930 Literature:
- Decorative Art Medium:
- Ethnographic & Indigenous Artifacts Circa:
- Pacific Islands
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