Pagaie "hose", avant 1914 ·  Îles Salomon - Buka ou Île Bougainville · ID: 3042343

Description

wood, brown patina, white, red and black pigment, lancet-shaped blade with raised vertical middle ridge, carved with the head of spirit being in flat relief, slightly dam., abrasion of paint, water spots;
such paddles were used in a conventional way but as personal property were displayed on ritual occasions when their prestige value was deemed worthy of exhibition. The soft wood used to produce these light implements enabled paddlers to move their canoes through water at great speeds.

Littérature comparée

Conru, Kevin, Solomon Islands Art, Milan 2008, ill. 95