Splashboard "lagim" · Papua New Guinea - Trobriand Islands, Massim · ID: 3032943
sold
EUR 1,600
Provenance
Steffmann, Günne, GermanySize
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