Specifications

• Height: 42 cm.
• Material: wood
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• Price realised: € 1.953,-

Provenance

Jacques Viot, Paris, collected in situ 1929; Pierre Loeb; Guy Loudmer, Paris; Auction Art, Paris 18-2-2026 Collection Guy Loudmer, lot 66.

Publications

Ref.L Hoogerbrugge, Jac. 1967, ‘Sentani-meer mythe en ornament’, in: Kultuurpatronen 9, p. 62

Exhibitions

Additional information

According to Hoogerbrugge the lick sticks with horizontal grooves were in use as rattles in gourds and bamboo containers, called auchelika.

Photo credits

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