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.
The object Head piece of dance club or dance paddle with the object ID 3043544 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 49.
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