Model of a canoe
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands
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