Arokomaka spirit faces
1978

Yatiikapa

Medium: earth and natural pigments on sago palm petiole
Measurements: 116.0 × 71.9 cm
Place/s of Execution: Bangwis village, Washkuk Hills, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Accession Number: 2001.426
Department: Pacific Art
Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through the NGV Foundation with the assistance of The Thomas William Lasham Fund, Founder Benefactor, 2001
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Gallery location: Not on display
Physical description: Iconography: not totemic. The painting is a two dimensional or graphic version of a type of non-totemic double-headed design which is carved on beams in ceremonial houses. The type depicted here is the one named arokomaka.