Rare tête sculptée · Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, Îles Salomon du nord, Île Bougainville · ID: 3047123
Vendu
1 300 €
Provenance
collected in situ by Monsieur Nappées grandfather, who was engaged in phosphate mining in the Solomon Islands (Makatea), and who brought the head sculpture to France in 1913Family estate since then
Patrick Nappée, Mescher-sur-Gironde, France
Description
wood, pigments, animal skin, nails, base
The skull-like character of the head and the colourfulness remind of the rare “urar” figures, which are considered to be the soul, or spirit beings of deceased persons.
Littérature comparée
Howarth, Crispin, Varilaku, Canberra 2011, p. 61