Dignitary staff
Solomon Islands - Bougainville Island
not available anymore
Provenance
Jean-Pierre Laprugne, Paris, FranceEmmanuel Pierrat, Paris, France
Size
H: 102 cm
H: 40.2 inch
Description
wood, bicoloured brown/black, round staff, crowned by anthropomorphic head with broad open mouth and large round eyes, massive headdress carved with meander motive and club-shaped projection, slightly dam., abrasion of paint, crack, base