Zemanek-Münster

Splashboard "lagim" ·  Papua New Guinea - Trobriand Islands, Massim · ID: 3032943

sold EUR 1,600
Provenance
Steffmann, Günne, Germany
Size
H: 51,5 cm
B: 58 cm
H: 20.3 inch
B: 22.8 inch

Description

light brown hardwood, remains of polychrome paint, board-shaped base, crowned by a projecting head piece with scrolled sides, elaborate decorated by raised bars with incised curvilinear ornaments, head piece partly in openwork design, min. dam., traces of insect caused damage and abrasion, on wooden base


Comparing literature

Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, p. 143


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