Sago peg or clamp "tapak" · Papua New Guinea - Wosera · ID: 3038267
sold
EUR 240
Provenance
Missionsmuseum St. Augustin, Bonn, Germany, Inventory Nr.: 71.1.196Ulrich Hoffmann, Stuttgart, Germany
Bruno Voges, Pliezhausen, Germany
Size
H: 45,3 cm
H: 17.8 inch
Description
light wood, red pigment, plaited plant fibre cuff, front and backside carved with the standing figure of a mythical spirit “nggwal”, fine carved, collection number: “71.1.196”, slightly dam., cracks, plate;
these pegs are used to hold together the sheets of sago-palm spathe which form the trough in which the sago flour is washed out from the pounded pith.
Proceeds will be given to the “Bürgerverein Altenhilfe e. V. Pliezhausen”
The object Sago peg or clamp “tapak” with the object ID 3038267 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 51 achieved a sales price of EUR 240.
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