Two ritual dance clubs "napa"
Solomon Islands - Santa Cruz Islands, Ndende
sold
EUR 1,000
Provenance
Christie’s South Kensington, 30 June 1987, lot 211German Private Collection, Munich
Description
wood, earth pigments,
a) “napa” dance club, in the shape of a stylised frigate bird, painted with stylised fish and frigate birds, a beautiful example with the lavish hanging of grass fibre tassels and ten rattle nuts still intact! l: 105 cm
b) “napa” dance club, canoe-shaped, painted with stylized fish and frigate birds, grass fibre tassels, l: 110 cm