Zemanek-Münster

Beater

Papua New Guinea - Sepik
not available anymore
Provenance
Todd Barlin, Sydney, Australia
Size
L: 34 cm
L: 13.4 inch

Description

middle brown patina, handle in shape of anthropomorphic head rising from long neck, flat oval beating area with band ornament around rim, slightly dam., crack;
such beaters served for opening coconuts which were used for ritual purposes.


Comparing literature

Greub, Suzanne (ed.), Kunst am Sepik, Basel 1985, ill. 56

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