Close
Cart (0)
Login
Register
0
Selected
Invert selection
Deselect all
Deselect all
Click here to refresh results
Click here to refresh results
Go to Login page
Hide details
Conceptually similar
ART518920
ART514017
ART518522
ART518922
ART518281
ART518924
ART518152
ART486606
ART515038
ART515297
ART518341
ART518537
ART518535
ART518344
ART518918
ART518342
ART518949
ART518901
ART518962
ART518900
Crocodile, emblem of a clan. Melanesia, Papua-New Guinea, East Sepik, Middle Sepik River, Iatmul people, early 20th CE. It indicates the mythical origin of a Iatmul clan and was kept in the chief's home. It was shown during their funerals and during the construction of a new house for a clan's chief. This one belonged once to the collection of Tristan Tzara, founder of the Dada group in Zurich. Wood, pigment, 118 x 13 x 15 cm. Inv. 70.2010.32.1. Photo: Claude Germain.
Location
Musée du Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac/Paris/France
Unique Identifier
ART518921
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
4488px × 8585px
Photo Credit
© musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY
Add to lightbox
Add to cart
Tags
Crocodile
Emblem
Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea
Woodcarving