Ambum Stone Artifact Replica Pre-Tiki Mug – Ceramics by Carol – 1st Edition

Description

This pre-Tiki mug made of stoneware is a replica of a masterfully crafted stone carving created 3,500 years ago in New Guinea.

Color: Grey/brown

Material: Stoneware

Shape: Animal

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Unique Markings: “Ambum Stone Carol” is written on the bottom of this mug, along with an edition number and dated autograph.

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Special Notes: This mug is sold with variations in glaze from light to dark. This mug comes with a note that reads “The Ambum Stone is a masterfully crafted stone carving, created around 3,500 years ago in the highlands of the island we now know as New Guinea. Who actually carved it and for what original purpose is not known. Nevertheless, the Ambum Stone had a life as a religious object for a group of people in Papua New Guinea before becoming an aesthetically beautiful and intriguing artifact of exotica in a Western gallery. More recently it suffered a mishap that left it broken, and the publicity around this thrust the Ambum Stone into ongoing political debates about who owns historical artifacts. Every chapter of this carving’s history has been entangled with personal and political intrigue, and chronicles a bigger story about colonization and shifting and evolving structures of power.” More can be read about the Ambum Stone via an article written through Khan Academy.