19th century
Polychrome wood
Gift of the Morse Foundation
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- The story of an old woman named Tsenabonpil (sane-ah-BONE-pill) and a monstrous pig explains the traditional social organization
of the people of New Ireland.
- The importance of the natural world to the people of New Ireland is evident in their traditional malagan (MAH-la-gan) festival,
mythology, and art.
- The composition, colors, and subject of this pole are all characteristics of northern New Ireland funerary sculptures called malagan.
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