BIWAT STATUETTE, YUAT RIVER, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Wood H.... Lot 14

BIWAT STATUETTE, YUAT RIVER, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Wood H. 34 cm Representing a figure sitting on a stool, hands clasped on a kind of cane. This type of statuette from the Yuat River represented the emblem of fertility and is considered the guardian of the house. It keeps away evil spirits. Mothers whose occupations took them away from home could entrust their children to her. This statue received betel nuts as an offering.