Accession No
Z 11029
Description
Charm - Charm used in gardens to keep pests from the growing plants. Carved to represent the human being down to the waist. The legs may have been in situ originally. The face is coloured red and white [from catalogue card].
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Vanuatu
Period
Source
Unknown
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 11029
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood; Plant; Fibre; Pigment
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: an old label glued to the catalogue card reads 'Melanesia IDOL Hung up by the Natives in fields'. Another label reads 'Melanesia. Idol hung up in the fields to keep the evil spirits from the crops'.
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Charm used in gardens to keep pests from the growing plants. Carved to represent the human being down to the waist. The legs may have been in situ originally. The face is coloured red and white [from catalogue card].
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
The style of the figure as well as the face paint would suggest Vanuatu [New Hebrides] as a place of origin for this object, rather than it current identification as originating from the Santa Cruz Islands.
Event Date 24/3/2015
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (CMS Description)
A nail protruding from the torso of the figure. A length of plant fibre applied to the top of the headdress.
Event Date 24/3/2015
Author: maa
FM:104588
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