Club "supe" · Solomon Islands - Malaita Island · ID: 3037108
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Provenance
Bonhams Chelsea, 24th March 1993, Lot 182Rolf Kunitsch, Münster, Germany
Size
L: 81 cm
L: 31.9 inch
Description
wood, grain recognizable, reddish brown patina, handle with diamond-shaped cross-section, merging into a rhombical corpus, cross-like divided by a raised vertical middle ridge and horizontal bulge, sickle-shaped handle, plantfibre cord, min. dam. (tip), scratches, abrasion of paint, rep. (one side of the club head), metal base;
used in combat and during ceremonies.
The object Club “supe” with the object ID 3037108 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 67.
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Comparing literature
Newton, Douglas (ed.), Arts of the South Seas, Munich, London, New York 1999, p. 277, ill. 17