Hâche de prestige, style Tami, Golfe Huon , Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée

Ancienne collects ion Eric Coote, Australie
collects ion Marcia et John Friede, New York

The stone axe-head is missing. Otherwise very good condition overall. Wear consistent with age and use within the culture.
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Emergeant en très haut relief du sommet coudé, les traits géométriques imposent avec force l'image d'un être mythique kani. Très belle résonnance entre les reliefs anguleux sculptés et champlevés, les motifs polychromes, et le dessin en chevrons de la gravure et de la vannerie. La pierre est manquante. Elle porte le numéro d'inventaire inscrit à l'encre blanche : "TAMI...163".

A prestige axe, Tami style, Huon Gulf, Papua New Guinea

 

Emerging in high relief from the angled top, the geoMetricas l features of the face are a striking representation of the mythical being kani. Very fine resonance of different forms, exploiting the angular reliefs of the sculpture and the champlevé motifs, the polychrome decoration and the chevron motif carved on the surface and woven into the binding. The stone axe-head is missing.