Engraved horse skull - Papuan handicraft
  • Engraved horse skull - Papuan handicraft
  • Engraved horse skull - Papuan handicraft
  • Engraved horse skull - Papuan handicraft
  • Engraved horse skull - Papuan handicraft
  • Engraved horse skull - Papuan handicraft
  • Engraved horse skull - Papuan handicraft
  • Engraved horse skull - Papuan handicraft
  • Engraved horse skull - Papuan handicraft
  • Engraved horse skull - Papuan handicraft
  • Engraved horse skull - Papuan handicraft
  • Engraved horse skull - Papuan handicraft
  • Engraved horse skull - Papuan handicraft
  • Engraved horse skull - Papuan handicraft
  • Engraved horse skull - Papuan handicraft
  • Engraved horse skull - Papuan handicraft
  • Engraved horse skull - Papuan handicraft
  • Engraved horse skull - Papuan handicraft
  • Engraved horse skull - Papuan handicraft
  • Engraved horse skull - Papuan handicraft
  • Engraved horse skull - Papuan handicraft

Engraved horse skull - Papuan handicraft

€449.00

Engraved horse skull 

Papuan handicraft

Origin: West Papua

Description

Engraved horse skull - Papuan craftsmanship

The skull has been entirely hand-engraved in Papuan villages with ancestral know-how.

In the traditions of the peoples of Papua New Guinea and thus of West Papua, the work of the bone and skull is part of an intimate relationship with the spiritual world and ancestors.

The ritual engravings are not just decoration: they serve a memorial and talisman function.

Anthropomorphic and symbolic motifs (geometries, dots, triangles) make it possible to honor spirits, channel protective energies, or mark one’s belonging to a clan.

Each incision transforms the bone into a receptacle of protective forces and testifies to an ancestral know-how passed on from generation to generation.

Varnished skull

Origin: West Papua

Approximate dimensions: 50x22cm Height: 25cm

The skull weighs 3Kg