Zemanek-Münster

Two ritual dance clubs "napa" ·  Solomon Islands - Santa Cruz Islands, Ndende · ID: 3051699

sold EUR 1,000
Provenance
Christie’s South Kensington, 30 June 1987, lot 211
German 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


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