Painted Bark, Nokuma Ethnic Group, Papua New Guinea, Primitive Art, Oceanic Art, Painting

Painted bark collected in the Washkuk hills area in Papua New Guinea. Nokuma ethnic group. These paintings on sago palm bark decorate the internal faces of roofs as well as the pediments of ceremonial houses and represent in an abstract or figurative manner the ancestors or beliefs of the clans. Assembled together, they line the ceilings or pediments of these large prestigious houses. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York presents in its permanent collection the complete reconstruction of a hut roof decorated with painted bark of this type... Piece of sago palm bark and natural pigments. Traces of use. Possibility of base on request. Photos by David & Amélie GODREUIL. Approx. 120 x 40 cm / €220 including shipping costs.