Club with bulbous head · Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Britain, Sulka · ID: 3053745
Starting price
EUR 700
Estimated price
EUR 1,500
Provenance
Arno Henseler, Munich, GermanySarah Pelikan-Käo & Tönis Käo, Munich, Germany
Size
L: 129,5 cm
L: 51.0 inch
Description
wood, base
The clubs found in this area are characterised by their striking simplicity of form and balanced design.
According to Parkinson, this club shape was particularly common amongst the Sulka and Mengen, two ethnic groups living in the hilly regions along the south-east coast of New Britain.
Comparing literature
Parkinson, R., Dreißig Jahre in der Südsee, Stuttgart 1907, p. 229, ill. 32