Holding fixture ·  Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik, Chambri Lake Area · ID: 3034637

Description

wood, blotched brown patina, plug with projecting bifurcated endings, the flattened centrepiece and the fork-endings carved with the faces of protective ancestor spirits, slightly dam., deep cracks in some places, paint rubbed off, block-like socle;
presumably used on a boat as holding fixture for canvas, rare piece !