Kulap
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kulap-312-2181552
title:
Kulap
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Kulap figurines of limestone or chalk were made in Melanesia. The small funerary sculptures from New Ireland were associated with death rituals. They are typical in the hilly Punam region of the New Ireland province in Papua New Guinea of the Bismarck Archipelago. They were believed to contain the soul of the deceased person whom they were meant to represent, and would be ritually smashed once their usefulness or the period of mourning was over. In more recent years, some have been sold in their
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Traditional funerary sculptures of New Ireland
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kulap
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2024-03-08T20:24:22Z
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