Canoe prow · Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands · ID: 3039376
sold
EUR 1,200
Size
L: 80 cm
L: 31.5 inch
Description
wood, pigments (indigo blue, white, black, dark red), filigree openwork design, vaulted tip with toothed contour, engraved ornaments, accentuated by paint, old collection number “HIIIO”, slightly dam., abrasion of paint
The object Canoe prow with the object ID 3039376 was part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction on October 31, 2015. The object with the lot number 92 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,200 with an asking price of EUR 500.
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Comparing literature
Kaufmann, Christian & Christin Kocher Schmid et. al., Admirality islands, Zurich 2002, p. 128 f.