Holding fixture · Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik, Chambri Lake Area · ID: 3034637

Name: Holding fixture
SKU: 3034637
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Philippe Dodier, Avranches, France
Alain Bovis, Paris, France

Size

H: 82 cm

H: 32.3 inch

Description

wood, blotched brown patina, plug with projecting bifurcated endings, the flattened centrepiece and the fork-endings carved with the faces of protective ancestor spirits, slightly dam., deep cracks in some places, paint rubbed off, block-like socle;
presumably used on a boat as holding fixture for canvas, rare piece !

Oceania

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