Massue de guerre ·  Nouvelle Calédonie, Kanak · ID: 3046477

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).

Littérature comparée

Newton, Douglas (ed.), Arts of the South Seas, The Collection of the Musée Barbier-Mueller, Munich, London, New York 1999, p. 305, ill. 13