Rare loop-top spatula · Papua New Guinea - Trobriand Islands, Massim · ID: 3041986
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Provenance
Hermann Kühn, Munich, GermanySize
H: 21,5 cm
H: 8.5 inch
Description
wood, rich black shiny patina, white pigment, delicate work of carving, in shape of a standing human figure with elongated limbs, prominent mouth with incised teeth, base
Comparing literature
Hamson, Michael, Art of the Massim & Collingwood Bay, Los Angeles 2009, p. 60, ill. 31