Ornement de proue de canoë · Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, Iatmul · ID: 3051758
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany
German Private Collection, Munich
Description
wood, sago palm bark, palm wood, rattan, cassowary feathers, pigments, cowries, brittle due to age
The Iatmul attached such ornaments vertically to the prow of their large war canoes when they went on a campaign. The warriors were distributed among the canoes according to clan affiliation. Accordingly, the mask face on the attachment represents a clan-specific “wagen” spirit.
Otto Reche reports that these decorative shields were already mentioned in the records of the 1886 expedition. The large, grimacing painted shields were intended to frighten enemies from afar.
L’objet Ornement de proue de canoë avec l’ID d’objet 3051758 a fait partie de la vente aux enchères Vente aux enchères 104 dans 12 avril 2025. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 213 a atteint un prix de vente de 1 200 € pour un prix d’adjudication de 500 €.
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Littérature comparée
Greub, Suzanne (ed.), Kunst am Sepik, Basel 1985, ill. 73 Reche, Otto, Der Kaiserin-Augusta-Fluss, Hamburg 1913, p. 290 ff.