" Grade Figure Ambrym Vanuatu Océania Primitive Art"
carved in the trunk of a tree fern with a stylized turtle on the frontCollected on the Island of Ambrym Village of Fanla VANUATU
True symbols of Vanuatu which has elevated them to the rank of major customary objects, the tree ferns called "Grade figure ”confer on the men who sculpt them their ranks in the chiefdoms.
Ferns are carved out of sight of women in the heart of the trunk on the very place of the cut. Only a few sculptors still master the centuries-old gestures and the outline of the refined forms which make these ferns unique and timeless works.
They accompany secret rites and grade passages
Can be exhibited outdoors as well as indoors
Sold with its CITES number issued by DREAL Poitiers
To be collected on site only or can be sent to study with the buyer
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