"Large Malekula Puppet, Vanuatu Ritual Dancing Stick"
Interesting Dancing stick from the malekula islands, also called malekula puppet.this head with bulging eyes and a large nose is set on a dancing stick, it is made of sculpted topsoil then painted with natural pigments, the hair is made of cobwebs collected little by little.
there are two pieces of warthog teeth left which have been broken almost to the base, please take a good look at the pictures thank you.
the set is in good condition, there has been an old restoration on the nose.
the colors stayed fresh.
a very beautiful malekula puppet oscillating between modern art and art brut.
size:
93 cm high.
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