Beautiful lime spatula · Papua New Guinea, Iatmul · ID: 3041632
sold
EUR 2,000
Provenance
Jentsch, Düsseldorf, GermanySize
L: 48,4 cm
L: 19.1 inch
Description
wood, rich brown patina with remains of black pigment, artfully carved handle: bird figure with two heads, ending in mask face, respectively scrolled motif (stylized hornbill beak), slightly dam., abrasion of paint, acrylic base;
spatulas for mixing lime and betel nut were ubiquitous in the Sepik region and while all conformed to a basic utilitarian shape - narrow blade attached to a handle - the styles of decoration were infinite.
The object Beautiful lime spatula with the object ID 3041632 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 29 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,000.
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