COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
CMA_.1971.272
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CMA_.1971.272
AMICA ID
false
AMICA Library Year:
2001
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2001
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Sculpture
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Sculpture
Object Type
false
Creator Nationality:
Asian; Pacific; Melanesian
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Asian; Pacific; Melanesian
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Melanesia, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu (New Hebrides), 20th Century
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Melanesia, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu (New Hebrides), 20th Century
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Grade Society Figure
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Grade Society Figure
Title
false
Title Type:
Primary
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Primary
Title Type
false
View:
Full View
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Full View
View
false
Creation Date:
c. 1930
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c. 1930
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
1925
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1925
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
1935
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1935
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
fernwood
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fernwood
Materials and Techniques
false
Creation Place:
New Hebrides, Ambrym Island, Melanesia
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New Hebrides, Ambrym Island, Melanesia
Creation Place
false
Dimensions:
Overall: 210.9cm
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Overall: 210.9cm
Dimensions
false
AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1971.272
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1971.272
ID Number
false
Credit Line:
Gift of Herbert Baker
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Gift of Herbert Baker
Credit Line
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html</a>
Rights
false
Context:
In the islands of Vanuatu, communities carved large statutes to honor ancestors. The figures were often erected near men's-society houses, in conjunction with celebrations marking an individual's attainment of a new rank or grade. Carved from the trunks of fernwood trees, the ancestor statues were originally covered with mud plaster and painted with many colors. The large heads typical of these sculptures symbolize the ancestors' spiritual power, or "mana".
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In the islands of Vanuatu, communities carved large statutes to honor ancestors. The figures were often erected near men's-society houses, in conjunction with celebrations marking an individual's attainment of a new rank or grade. Carved from the trunks of fernwood trees, the ancestor statues were originally covered with mud plaster and painted with many colors. The large heads typical of these sculptures symbolize the ancestors' spiritual power, or "mana".
Context
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1971.272.TIF
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CMA_.1971.272.TIF
Related Image Identifier Link
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