War club ·  New Caledonia, Kanak · ID: 3046477

Description

hardwood, white pigment, plant fibre, animal hair, blue cotton fabric, rest. (disc-shaped beating edge)

It is noteworthy that the particularly elaborate decorative accessory is largely preserved on this club. In addition to four-armed structures made of fine plant fibre mesh, there are thin braided ribbons that look like wool threads at first glance due to the integrated fluffy fibres (couscous).

The object War club with the object ID 3046477 was last part of the auction 94th Tribal Art Auction at March 7, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 9 achieved a sales price of EUR 900.

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Comparing literature

Newton, Douglas (ed.), Arts of the South Seas, The Collection of the Musée Barbier-Mueller, Munich, London, New York 1999, p. 305, ill. 13