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Weaving implement: suspended skeiner ·  Indonesia - Sumba · ID: 3041697

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Provenance
Alex Arthur, Brussels, Belgium
Size
H: 79,5 cm
H: 31.3 inch

Description

wood, dark brown patina, seven parts, shaft with square-section crowned by anthropomorphic head, two movable crossbars at both ends, incised diamond-shaped ornamentation, slightly dam., abrasion of paint;
for winding thread, yarn, or twine into skeins.


The object Weaving implement: suspended skeiner with the object ID 3041697 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 12.

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Comparing literature

Hinterseer, Thomas, Arts et Traditions de Sumba, o. O. 2016, p. 192, ill. 8


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