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Reliquary in the shape of a huge fish similar to tuna. Melanesia, Solomon Islands, Makira-Ulawa province, Isle of Owaraha, early 20th CE. Detail. Young boys were initiated in houses near the ocean where such reliquaries in forms of bonitos or sharks were kept along with pirogues. Inside an opening were kept the skulls of the chiefs. Mourning rituals allowed for the transformation of the deceased to become a protective power. The iconography of this object refers to the heroes Karemanua and his younger brother Kakafu whose stories were known on the the isle of Owaraha, once occupied by people of the clan Pagewa (sharks). Wood, bone, 35.3 x 15.5 x 211.5 cm. Inv.: 71.1961.103.56. Photo: Patrick Gries / Valérie Torre.

Location Musée du Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac/Paris/France

Unique Identifier ART518955

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 5440px × 4080px

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