Club ·  Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Ireland · ID: 3036219

Description

palm wood, blackish brown patina, flat shaft, lense-shaped in cross-section, rounded head and base each slightly domed to one side and flat on the other, the domed side with curved ridge, raw backside, rep., minor missing parts (rims), crack;
for a comparable object see: Christie’s Amsterdam, 2 July 2002, lot 94, from the Estate of Baron Freddy Rolin (1919-2001).

The object Club with the object ID 3036219 was part of the auction 76th tribal art auction on March 22, 2014. The object with the lot number 60 achieved a sales price of EUR 750 with an asking price of EUR 500.

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