Club · New Caledonia, Kanak · ID: 3038914
sold
EUR 1,800
Provenance
Jan Lundberg, Malmö, SwedenSize
H: 67 cm
H: 26.4 inch
Description
wood, matt shiny reddish brown patina, slightly curved form of the used branch recognizable, simple form, min. dam., cracks;
this varnish sheen was achieved using shells and quartz fragments to rub down the grain of the wood, then smoothened with a plant rich in silicic acid.
Comparing literature
Newton, Douglas (ed.), Arts of the South Seas, Munich, London, New York 1999, p. 305