Club Kanak, Neu Kaledonien hardwood, reddish brown

Club Kanak, Neu Kaledonien hardwood, reddish brown shining patina, circular shaft, getting broader to the top, fungal-like tip with sharp-edged rim, the handle zone coated with cotton fabric, fixed by plaited cord, dotted ornaments at the upper rim, accentuated by kaolin, cracks, minor missing parts at the rim, on metal base; diminutive form, presumably made for children. L: 62,5 cm, (4604/002) Provenance Private Collection, France Literature Newton, Douglas (Hg.), Arts of the South Seas, The Collection of the Musée Barbier-Mueller, München, London, New York 1999, p. 305, ill. 13