Post #587211 by Club Nouméa on Fri, Apr 29, 2011 11:32 PM

Here's the haul from Vanuatu. I'll start with the stuff I haven't worked out where to put yet.

The first one was purchased off a collector and is actually from Papua New Guinea:

She acquired it in the early 70s, so it was probably made shortly before that. It is called a "Garra" and is used in a dance performed by the Bahinemo people of the Middle Sepik. The dancer grasps it using the two triangular shaped holes in the middle.

All the rest are from Vanuatu:

The thing in the middle is made from bamboo and is used to knead breadfruit.

This dancing mask is 28 inches tall:

This tamtam reproduction is 24 inches tall:

And this one is 18 inches tall:

Lastly comes a little stone carving which has found a home in my windowbox:

CN