Seat of a chief "no oanga" · Îles Cook · ID: 3036666
Description
wood, reddish and dark brown patina, rectangular seat with curved sides, rising from four feet, traces of the carving tool recognizable, slightly dam., minor missing parts (rims of the seat);
carved from a single block of wood. Such seats could be used only by chiefs on ritual occasions as symbols of rank and served no other utilitarian purpose. When not in use, they were kept in the chiefs house or storehouse, hung by a fibre cord strung between two of the legs.
L’objet Seat of a chief “no oanga” avec l’ID d’objet 3036666 a fait partie de l’enchère 76th tribal art auction en 22 mars 2014 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 68.
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Littérature comparée
Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. II, Köln 1995, p. 527, ill. 608 Wardwell, Allen, Island Ancestors, Oceanic Art from the Masco Collection, Fort Worth 1994, ill. 77