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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Massim Ceremonial Pig sculptured in Hardwood and with Inlaid Shell, Trobiand Islands, Papua New Guinea, prior 1910

Massim Ceremonial Pig sculptured in Hardwood and with Inlaid Shell, Trobiand Islands, Papua New Guinea

prior 1910
Wood
Organic material
24 x 63 x 20 cm
502
€ 4,200.00
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Nice composition in dense Bunukwa rainforest hardwood, inlaid shell and lime. Carved wooden pig, standing, tail straight and protrudes backwards with rows of carved zig zag lines on either side of the pig's body, heightened with Inlaid Shell. They were used as items of exchange.The sculpture was collected before 1918, is without restorations (often the tails are broken of) and is decorated with inlaid shell like Solomon Island objects.
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Provenance

Dutch private collection
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