Carved Male Figure
Artist:
Unknown
Culture: Nukuoro
Date: early- 20th century
Medium: Blond wood
Dimensions:
h. 46 in. (116.8 cm); w. 13 in. (33 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number: 77.1057
Label Text
Compared with New Guinea, large-scale wood sculpture in Micronesia was relatively rare. Despite this fact, the technique of the Nukuoro carvers of the Caroline Islands was of the highest quality. Especially striking is the extreme simplicity of the carver's style, which reduces the figure to its essentials. A maximum of expression is here achieved with a minimum of resources, in a way unknown anywhere else in Oceania.
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This resource has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the Human Endeavor.
