MBITORO STYLE FIGURE

• Human figure in style of spirit pole
• Mimika, Kamoro, West Papua
• Wood, pigment
• Height:  52 cm
• Before 1950
• € 950,--

Characteristics of a Mbitoro: freestanding, open worked woodcarving, hands under the chin holding a ancestor board (yamate), protruding chin and a flat cap. Classic motifs:  mopere, navel, the essence of life.