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African traditional forms

Tuesday 14 February 2023, 04:30 PM • Milan

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SEPIK, Nuova Guinea , Regione del Keram river

Thruster arrow launcher

Estimate

€ 200 - 300

Sold

€ 1.664

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

cm 53
Bamboo rod used as an arrow-launching tool.
It is a defensive object also useful for hunting invented and used by many primitive peoples in New Guinea. The black-painted sculpture carved from light wood depicts a stylized parrot.
Signs of use.

Provenance

Collezione Fulbrais (USA);
Collezione Alain Guisson, Bruxelles (1989);

Literature

KELM HEINZ “Kunst von Sepik II“ Berlin 1966, figure 47 - 51 (131) cfr;