Club with weave "kô kam´yr" · Brazil, Kayapó · ID: 3049039
sold
EUR 500
Provenance
Peter Stoffers, Kiel, GermanySize
L: 128 cm
L: 50.4 inch
Description
wood, plant fibre, cotton string,
Wickerwork “kam´yr” made of narrow, dark brown strips from the bark of an arum plant and fine, elongated palm leaf strips. The wickerwork is partly dyed dark with beeswax, which also serves as an adhesive.
Comparing literature
Verswijver, Gustaaf, Kaiapo, Materielle Kultur-spirituelle Welt, Frankfurt am Main 1995, p. 295