Woven Dream Spirit Wild Pig, Papua New Guinea

This fantastic woven bush fiber wild pig dream vehicle is hand crafted and knotted in fiber and raffia from the Iatmul Tribe Sepik River, Papua New Guinea. It has natural cowrie shell eyes and a handle to its back. Dream vehicles are woven by the tribes women from rattan and hand spun string. They are often decorated with shell eyes and feathers. Shapes include birds, pigs, crocodiles and sometimes helicopters. They are usually kept hanging from the ceiling for the spirit to travel in while you sleeps. They are also used to teach tribal stories and aid clan members through dreams and requests 

Wear commensurate with age as to be expected 

Height to top of Handle 54 cm, Width 79 cm, Depth 34 cm

Height to top not including handle 39 cm

All our items are genuine antique/vintage pieces and therefore can have some signs of age-related use or wear, this adds to the character and uniqueness of each of them.

We try to give accurate measurements wherever possible, however where items are unusual shapes, please trust our approx. dimensions to be as close as possible.