Guluy
Bird & Spirit Man, 2017
ochre on wood
height 47.5 cm
height 18 3/4 in
height 18 3/4 in
MM4057
$ 490.00
This two part figure represents two elements of the rites of mourning – the wayin or bird through which the spirit of deceased people is guided to its appropriate destination...
This two part figure represents two elements of the rites of mourning – the wayin or bird through which the spirit of deceased people is guided to its appropriate destination by a bird from that clan; and the mokuy or ghost or spirit of a deceased person hovering between the earth and the afterlife, making the passage from death back to the source from which life sprang to be reborn.
Exhibitions
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