Ceremonial paddle ·  Papua New Guinea, Sundown Province (former West-Sepik), Arop, Malol · ID: 3037646

Description

wood, brown patina, red and black paint, the paddle blade decorated on both sides: incised linear patterns (“spirits eyes”, “boar tusks”) at the base, zoomorphic motif in the centre, dam., minor missing parts at the rim, abrasion of paint, cracks

The object Ceremonial paddle with the object ID 3037646 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 21 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.

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