Model of a canoe · Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands · ID: 3032977
sold
EUR 1,100
Provenance
Old Colonial Collection, Hamburg, GermanySepp Arnemann, Hamburg, Germany
Size
L: 175 cm
L: 68.9 inch
Description
light-weighted wood, blotched greyish brown patina, remains of red and white pigment, both ends carved with stylized crocodile heads, flat bottom, drilled holes at the rim for insertion of ornament, slightly dam., crack at the bottom (spread with mass), paint rubbed off
The object Model of a canoe with the object ID 3032977 was part of the auction 69th tribal art auction on June 2, 2012. The object with the lot number 117 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,100 with an asking price of EUR 600.
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