Agiba (statues)
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Highly stylized anthropomorphic carved sculptures constructed from flat boards and decorated with red, black, and white paint. These figures were used to display trophy skulls within the men's ceremonial houses, on the south coast of New Guinea. The sculptures are depictions of important ancestors or founders of a clan.
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Otros términos
- agiba (beelden) [nl]
- agiba [es]
- skull idols [en]
- skull racks [en]
- skull hooks [en]