Holding fixture
Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik, Chambri Lake Area
not available anymore
Provenance
Philippe Dodier, Avranches, FranceAlain 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 !