yina Wood, pigments height 40 7/8in (103.9cm) PROVENANCE Chris Boylan, Sydney Private Collection, California Probably stone-carved from a dense wood, with representative large concave face with hanging nose and long neck-like staff, both eyes pierced; varied dark-brown patina with painted highlights. Carved for the yina ceremony, the first to occur after the important yam harvest, the figure would have been placed amongst the pile of the first harvest and is associated with water and thus would have been submerged on occasion.
yina Wood, pigments height 40 7/8in (103.9cm) PROVENANCE Chris Boylan, Sydney Private Collection, California Probably stone-carved from a dense wood, with representative large concave face with hanging nose and long neck-like staff, both eyes pierced; varied dark-brown patina with painted highlights. Carved for the yina ceremony, the first to occur after the important yam harvest, the figure would have been placed amongst the pile of the first harvest and is associated with water and thus would have been submerged on occasion.
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