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Details
- Other Titles
- Male Yupin figure
Figure, Upin or Kepil idol, male
Yupini - Place where the work was made
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Laiagam
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Enga Province
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Papua New Guinea
- Cultural origin
- Enga people
- Dates
- collected 1964
(early 20th century) - Media categories
- Weaving , Ceremonial object
- Materials used
- woven, coiled and plaited plant fibre, yellow, red and white pigments, iron nails
- Dimensions
- 83.0 x 46.0 x 30.0 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Stan Moriarty 1978
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 283.1978
- Copyright
- © Enga people, under the endorsement of the Pacific Islands Museums Association's (PIMA) Code of Ethics
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Places
Where the work was made
Laiagam
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Exhibition history
Shown in 3 exhibitions
Loan exhibition of Native art from the private collection previously not displayed of Mr S G Moriarty, Gallery Stephen Kellner, Australia, 15 Sep 1966–06 Oct 1966
Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 Oct 1974 -
Papuan Arts and Civilisation, Musee d'arts Africains, Oceaniens, Amerindiens, , 19 Apr 2000–30 Aug 2000
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Bibliography
Referenced in 8 publications
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Willibald Blank, Anthropos, 'Ein Fruchtbarkeitsidol aus dem westlichen Hochland von Neuguinea', pg. 907-08, Sankt Augustin, 1963. General reference to 'yupini' plaited fibre figures. Reproduction of 'yupini' figure in the collection of the Anthropos Institute.
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Chris Boylan and Greta North, The world of tribal arts, 'Highlands Art of New Guinea', pg. 73-83, San Francisco, Winter 1997, 82 (colour illus.). fig.no. 23
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Heinz Christian Dosedla, Abhandlungen und Berichte des Staatlichen Museums fur Volkerkunde Dresden [Band 41], 'Kultfiguren aus Flechtwerk im zentralen Hochland von PNG', pg. 86-98, Berlin, 1984. General reference to 'timbu wara' and 'yupini' plaited fibre figures.
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Philip Gibbs, Anthropos, 'The Kepele Ritual of the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea', pg. 434-448, Sankt Augustin, 1978. General reference to 'yupini' plaited fibre figures and description of the Kepele Ritual.
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Danièle Giraudy, Art Papou: Austronésiens et Papous de Nouvelle-Guinée, Paris, 2000, 211 (colour illus.), 323. cat.no. 196; titled "Statue Yupin"
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Adrienne L. Kaeppler, Christian Kaufmann and Douglas Newton, L'Art Océanien, Paris, 1993, 592 (illus.).
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Roger Neich, Records (vol. 1, no. 2), 'Basketwork fertility figures from the Western Enga and nearby groups, Western and Southern Highlands, New Guinea', pg. 33-62, Wellington, 25 Nov 1975, 43 (line illus.). figure no. 5
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Tony Tuckson, Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Sydney, 1973, 36 (illus.), 53. cat.no. H121
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