'Napa' dance club ·  Solomon Islands - Santa Cruz Islands · ID: 3051559

Description

wood, black and red pigment,

These ceremonial clubs were carried by adult men during the ’napa’ dance. This dance was widespread, but may have originated in Utupa, where it was used at initiation ceremonies for young men. During the complicated steps of the ’napa’, the male dancers struck tghier clubs together ritually.

The object ‘Napa’ dance club with the object ID 3051559 was last part of the auction Auction 103 at November 16, 2024 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 68 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.

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Comparing literature

Hurst, Norman, Power and Prestige, Cambridge 1996, p. 58 f.