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
The object Two ritual dance clubs “napa” with the object ID 3051699 was last part of the auction Auction 104 at April 12, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 225 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.
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