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 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