Sagaie Kanak Population, North Island New Caledonia Wood, Black Pigment Height: 182 Cm

Spear Kanak population, North Island New Caledonia Wood, black pigment Height: 182 cm In 1929, Fritz Sarasin, in Etnologie der Neu- Caledonier und Loyalty-Insulaner, documented these spears, specifying that these faces freely worked in the shaft, with the elements of the face accentuated in plays of planes would be linked to ancestor cults. Prestigious objects much more than combat weapons, the worked spears were carried and exhibited during large parades or used as gifts in customary exchanges. On the shaft, presenting beautiful variations of brown and mahogany patinas, is carved in high relief and framed by incised motifs, a small human head very finely modeled, with the characteristic features of Kanak statuary, the forehead projected forward, the nose curved. The finesse of the details responds to the sculptural know-how.