Shield-shaped stem attachement of a canoe "kaminimbit" · Papua New Guinea - Yuat River · ID: 3032348
sold
EUR 1,300
Provenance
Hubert Caspers, Hamburg, GermanySize
H: 104 cm
B: 69 cm
H: 40.9 inch
B: 27.2 inch
Description
remains of polychrome paint, frame of cane and wooden slats, a small wooden mask in the centre, cassowary feathers around the rim, all parts fixed with rattan, slightly dam., minor missing parts, paint rubbed off;
three cane sticks at the bottom for fixing the shield-shaped ornament to the stem of a canoe. They were only used in war times and should protect the passengers of the boat.
Comparing literature
Kelm, Heinz, Kunst vom Sepik, Band I, Berlin 1966, ill. 496