Dignitary staff · Solomon Islands - Bougainville Island · ID: 3042895
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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
The object Dignitary staff with the object ID 3042895 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 35.
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