War club · New Caledonia, Kanak · ID: 3046477
sold
EUR 900
Provenance
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, SwedenSize
L: 75,5 cm
L: 29.7 inch
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).
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