Lot n° 303
Estimation :
400 - 600
EUR
Result without fees
Result
: 600EUR
*RITUAL SPOON - Lot 303
*RITUAL SPOON
ÎLES DE L'AMIRAUTÉ, BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO, PNG, MELANESIA.
Coconut shell, wood, pigments, vegetable fiber, Puîry-NM (Parinarium) nut paste, and lime filling.
A label on the back is inscribed in red ink "- - - - Löffel, Admiralitätlselen".
19th century.
30 x 12.8 cm.
Provenance.
Collected in the field by ship's doctor Manfred Nahm,
M D (1867-1933) of the Imperial German Navy aboard the
ship S.M.S. MÖWE between 1898 and 1899 during a voyage to
colonial German New Guinea.
By family descent.
A superb ceremonial ladle for an important man.
The decorated handle is carved like the mast of a canoe, ending with two
two symmetrical birds at the top, just below the fork
of the V-shaped mast. The coconut is beautifully decorated with geometrical
and solar forms.
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