Massue rituelle de danse "napa" · Îles Salomon - Îles Santa Cruz, Ndende · ID: 3051698
German Private Collection, Munich
Description
wood, earth pigments, grass fibres, nuts,
With a typical canoe-shaped corpus, traditional painting and abstract faces.
These clubs are traditionally attributed to Ndende island but are in fact found across the Santa Cruz island group in eastern Solomon Islands.
According to Davenport (1968), the inhabitants of Utupua Island see themselves as the original owners and rightful bearers of these clubs, which were once given to one of their ancestors by “Bamuda”, a supernatural culture hero.
L’objet Massue rituelle de danse “napa” avec l’ID d’objet 3051698 a fait partie de la vente aux enchères Vente aux enchères 104 dans 12 avril 2025. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 224 a atteint un prix de vente de 1 000 € pour un prix d’adjudication de 800 €.
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Littérature comparée
Conru, Kevin, Solomon Islands Art, Milan 2008, p.127, ill. 74