FIG. 8 (above): Anglautaki. Created by Kavankanamuel, c. 1970. Kamanliver Village, Malakula Island, Malampa Province, Vanuatu. Wood, vegetable clay, ochre, plaited fiber. H: 93 cm. Purchased by J.-M. Charpentier on behalf of the Commonwealth Arts Advisory Board. National Gallery of Australia, 1971.207.119. Photo: National Gallery of Australia. The ritual use of this object happens after the death of a man. The principal face of the anglautaki simultaneously represents the one who just died and his death. The five to six other small faces around it represent the ancestors of the dead person. During the funeral ceremony, masien, five days after the death, the anglautaki is hung above the funeral platform, called navet. Then it is placed at the back of the men’s house, nakamal, where it stays until it is destroyed by time. 86
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