Tapa clapper and snuff staff ·  Papua New Guinea, North Coast · ID: 3034078

Description

a) tapa clapper, wood, dark brown patina, remains of black paint and white pigment, l: 35 cm, incised hook- and diamond-shaped decor, slightly dam., minor missing parts, paint rubbed off, 19th century, provenance: Bodes en Bode, The Hague, The Netherlands; used by women for producing “tapa” bark cloth, while the supply with raw material and the painting of the finished cloth was men’s work; b) snuff staff, bamboo, l: 20 cm, incised ornamental and figural motifs, the latter with european influence, old collection number “1892”, strong smell of tobacco, slightly dam., cracks

The object Tapa clapper and snuff staff with the object ID 3034078 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 43.

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