Zemanek-Münster

Ceremonial paddle

Papua New Guinea, Sundown Province (former West-Sepik), Arop, Malol
sold EUR 400
Provenance
Carla Ziegler, Vienna, Austria
Size
L: 161 cm
L: 63.4 inch

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

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