Dance Staff (Temes Nevinbur)
ClassificationsClothing and Adornments-staffs, scepters, & wands
Date20th Century
Made AtMalampa Province, Vanuatu
MediumWood, bark cloth, earth, paint and boar tusks
Dimensions41 × 21 3/4 × 5 1/8 in. (104.1 × 55.2 × 13 cm)
Credit LineBowers Museum Purchase
Object numberF77.71.2
DescriptionThis object, called a Temes Nevinbur, is a dance staff held during initiation ceremonies, and it comes from Vanuatu's Malekula Island. The central part of this mythological religious figure is made from a branch; the features are molded from a fiber-clay substance. Pigments used in decoration are yellow, white and black.On View
Not on viewCollections
late 20th Century
19th-20th Century
20th Century
