Lot Essay
Cf. Heermann, I., and Menter, U., Schmuck der Südsee, Ornament und Symbol, Munich, 1990, p.66, pl.13
ASTROLABE BAY
Details
three new guinea ornaments
Astrolabe Bay
One with large woven fibre panel with pendent strips, painted red and blue, nassa shell borders, an ovula shell to each side of the central wood rib, and two pendants of woven fibre with an ovula shell to each end, one with fibre panel sewn with nassa shells and painted red and blue
The longest 39.5cm. (3)
Astrolabe Bay
One with large woven fibre panel with pendent strips, painted red and blue, nassa shell borders, an ovula shell to each side of the central wood rib, and two pendants of woven fibre with an ovula shell to each end, one with fibre panel sewn with nassa shells and painted red and blue
The longest 39.5cm. (3)
Exhibited
Art Papou, Brussels, 1979, fig.1.4, for the first