Massue à tête globulaire · Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Archipel Bismarck - Nouvelle Bretagne, Sulka · ID: 3053745
Prix d'appel
700 €
Prix d'Estimation
1 500 €
Provenance
Arno Henseler, Munich, GermanySarah Pelikan-Käo & Tönis Käo, Munich, Germany
Taille
L: 129,5 cm
L: 51.0 inch
Description
wood, base
The clubs found in this area are characterised by their striking simplicity of form and balanced design.
According to Parkinson, this club shape was particularly common amongst the Sulka and Mengen, two ethnic groups living in the hilly regions along the south-east coast of New Britain.
Littérature comparée
Parkinson, R., Dreißig Jahre in der Südsee, Stuttgart 1907, p. 229, ill. 32