Club ·  Nouvelle Calédonie, Kanak · ID: 3038914

Description

wood, matt shiny reddish brown patina, slightly curved form of the used branch recognizable, simple form, min. dam., cracks;
this varnish sheen was achieved using shells and quartz fragments to rub down the grain of the wood, then smoothened with a plant rich in silicic acid.

Littérature comparée

Newton, Douglas (ed.), Arts of the South Seas, Munich, London, New York 1999, p. 305