Rare loop-top spatula ·  Papua New Guinea - Trobriand Islands, Massim · ID: 3041986

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

The object Rare loop-top spatula with the object ID 3041986 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 31.

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Comparing literature

Hamson, Michael, Art of the Massim & Collingwood Bay, Los Angeles 2009, p. 60, ill. 31