TITLE: New Guinea , A fine old authentic Woven Karahut 1950s
SIZE: 38cm by 13cmDESCRIPTION:
A fine old authentic Karahut / Kara-ut / Kara\'ut figure
from the Abelam people, North of the Middle Sepik River, New Guinea (
These \"karahuts\" are woven from hibiscus bark twine and sennit fibre, decorated with boar\'s tusks, small Nasa shells with applied ochre and
charcoal paints. Karahuts are used in a number of ceremonies, during dancing they are held between the teeth using a string coming out
from the back about the level of the eyes. When not being used they are hung around the neck and lie in the middle of the man\'s back or
worn around the neck as a pectoral adornment at sing sing\'s
Commonly known among the Abelam as a Kara-ut and in a differing form as Andakara by the Wosera people.
\"The figure looks as if it has horns - this is a misconception. Wild pigs are very aggressive and the wearer of the kara-ut believes that when the
\'horns\' are spouting from his mouth he can adopt its power when fighting.
The woven figure depicted an enemy who dangles helplessly impaled on the pigs / fighters tusks.
The name of this art form, Kara means \'Pig or Boar\' and Ut means \'net bag\' has a significant spiritual context.
When attacking an enemy village, an Abelam warrior placed a kara ut in his mouth so that the
boar tusks appeared to grow out of his jaw. The boar is a symbol of bravery and aggression
for the Abelam, so wearing the ornament in this way was believed both to give courage to the
warrior and to frighten his enemy.
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