OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

•  carved pole (like a totem pole).

Bis Pokbwiname of feast in which these statues are made.

Encyclopedic info: Large carved pole made up of figures of people whose deaths have not yet been revenged. The feast in which these poles are made is to stir up people to avenge those deaths

Reference: 1.692; 2.1221; 4.105; 9.839. 840