Pyban

$560.00

SKU: DN152 Categories: , , ,

Description

Kuik (human skulls) were used as currency in the Torres Strait and were traded with coastal people from western New Guinea (now the Indonesian Province of Papua). Important skulls were retained on the islands for rituals and ceremonies. Onto this skull the image of a baby boy is incised. In early times, during such a ritual, the elders would scrape bone from above a skull’s eyebrows, make a paste from the powdered bone and feed it to a baby boy. This treatment prepared the boy to become a powerful warrior.

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Additional information

Weight 0.75 kg
Dimensions 45 × 9 × 9 cm
Medium

Etching

Artist

Dennis Nona

Image Size

Paper

Paper Size

Published

Edition Size

45

Studio

Under the House of Art Brisbane, QLD

Printer

David Jones and Tadeusz Jacek Rybinski

Types

Prints

Region

Torres Strait Islands

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