Iatmul - Papua New Guinea
Iatmul |Yentchen village, Sepik River, The Lowlands | Argentina, 2017
The Iatmuls form one of the largest cultural groups around the Sepik, with around 10,000 people in some 25 villages. They are known for their decorative wood carvings, ancient spirit houses and ritualistic crocodile-inspired scarification. Women are the main carers and providers: they catch the fish which can be exchanged for sago flour to make pancakes. The commonly held spiritual belief among the Iatmul people concentrates on the spirits of the natural phenomena around them, such as the river, swamp and forest.
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Editions
Limited to 19
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frame
Wallnut wood
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glass
Musem glass
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Sizes
074 x 062 cm - Edition of 9
120 x 100 cm - Edition of 6
170 x 140 cm - Edition of 3
207 x 170 cm - Edition of 1
