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Item number 3582/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Wooden navigation figure. The carving is of two similar wooden figures attached along their backs and heads, facing in opposite directions. The figures end at their thighs, which attach to a base of lime 'cement' with stingray spines embedded in it, projecting downward. Eight spines were originally attached, with four on each side, but currently two are broken off at the base and four others are partly broken. The figure has a long knotted and looped fibre cord attached at the top of the heads.
History Of Use
Navigation and weather-magic effigy ceremonial figure.
Iconographic Meaning
The effigy represents two guardian spirits, Yalulawei and Pelualap. The name of the figure, gos, derives from the word for a stingray spine.
Narrative
Collected on Elato atoll by Shigeru Kaneshiro in 1957.
Item History
- Made in Elato, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia
- Collected during 1957
- Owned by William H. Alkire before July 26, 2022
- Received from William H. Alkire (Donor) on July 26, 2022
What
- Name
- Figure
- Identification Number
- 3582/1
- Type of Item
- figure
- Material
- breadfruit wood, coral lime, sennit fibre and stingray bone
- Overall
- height 31.8 cm, width 7.9 cm, depth 4.9 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Elato, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia
Who
- Culture
- Yapese
- Previous Owner
- William H. Alkire
- Received from
- William H. Alkire (Donor)
When
- Collection Date
- during 1957
- Ownership Date
- before July 26, 2022
- Acquisition Date
- on July 26, 2022
Other
- Item Classes
- carvings & sculpture
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 3582/0001
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