Figure made by Tolai Artist
- Title
- Figure made by Tolai Artist
- Description
- This figure is attributed to the Tolai people who live in the northeastern part of New Britain. The design of the figure comes from several motifs that were used to mark places where cannibalism had taken place. These signs were also used as decoration for burials and as taboo signs.
- Semester
- Spring 2026
- Subject
- Indigenous art
- Morton D. May
- Melanesian
- Papua New Guinea
- Sculpture
- Temporal Coverage
- mid-19th to mid-20th century
- Spatial Coverage
- East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea
- Language
- Object description in English
- Medium
- The object is made out of wood and pigment
- Is Part Of
- Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
- Morton D. May
- Identifier
- 191:1975
- Provenance
-
1974 - 1975
Morton D. May -
1975
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May - Explanation of Omeka Map Location
- The object originated in Papua New Guinea in the East New Britain Province
- Media
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Tolai artist figure .jpg