Head piece of dance club or dance paddle · Solomon Islands - Buka Island · ID: 3043544
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Provenance
Bonhams, London, 20 September 2006, lot 218Size
H: 26,5 cm
H: 10.4 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, dark red and black pigment, crowned by anthropomorphic janus head with projecting headdress, fine ornamental carving, minor missing parts, abrasion of paint, base.
Depicting a spirit being called “kokorra” which are ubiquitous in the Northern Solomons and were of greatest supernatural importance.