Giving Birth
Item number 3091/4 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Wood carving of a man, woman, newborn child and bird. The woman crouches in a birthing position, a baby emerging from behind her grass skirt. She wears an elaborately painted mask, and holds her arms above her head where a long bone is grasped between her hands. A large white cockatoo bird sits on the bone near a cup that the woman holds in her left hand. A man stands behind her with hands on her wrists. He too is masked and wears a skirt of braided grass. Man and woman both have long twisted fibre for hair. All figures have eyes made of shell. The base of the sculpture is a rounded circle of wood.
Item History
- Made by Alois Sukundimi (Maker) in Torembi, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea during 2008
- Owned by Neil B. Cole before December 2, 2014
- Received from Neil B. Cole (Donor) on December 2, 2014
What
- Name
- Giving Birth
- Identification Number
- 3091/4
- Type of Item
- figure
- Material
- garamut wood, paint, sago fibre, plant fibre and shell
- Overall
- height 71.0 cm, width 21.0 cm, depth 23.0 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Torembi, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Who
- Culture
- Iatmul
- Creator
- Alois Sukundimi (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Neil B. Cole
- Received from
- Neil B. Cole (Donor)
When
- Creation Date
- during 2008
- Ownership Date
- before December 2, 2014
- Acquisition Date
- on December 2, 2014
Other
- Item Classes
- carvings & sculpture
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 3091/0004
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