Zemanek-Münster

Paddle "foe"

Santa Cruz Islands, Western Reef Islands, Pileni or Nifiloli
not available anymore
Provenance
Bonhams London, 20 September 2006, lot 195
Size
L: 180 cm
L: 70.9 inch

Description

grained wood, honey brown and middle brown patina, leaf-shaped blade, the relief-carved abstract design represents a frigate bird in flight, slightly dam., missing part (tip of the blade)


Comparing literature

Hurst, Norman, Power and Prestige, Cambridge 1996, p. 63, ill. 71

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