Ceremonial paddle ·  Papua New Guinea, Sundown Province (former West-Sepik), Arop, Malol · ID: 3037642

Description

wood, brown patina, black paint, the paddle blade decorated on both sides: incised linear patterns (“boar tusks”) at the base, “spirits eyes” and fish motifs scattered across the blade, painted lines, slightly dam. (rim of the blade), abrasion of paint

Comparing literature

Schindlbeck, Markus (Hg.), Von Kokos zu Plastik, Berlin 1993, p. 152, ill. 146