Dance Stick Témes Nevimbur Malakula Island Vanuatu Oceania Primitive Art

Dance Stick Témes Nevimbur Malakula Island Vanuatu Oceania Primitive Art-photo-3

Dance Stick Témes Nevimbur Malakula Island Vanuatu Oceania Primitive Art-photo-4

Dance Stick Témes Nevimbur Malakula Island Vanuatu Oceania Primitive Art-photo-1

Object description :

"Dance Stick Témes Nevimbur Malakula Island Vanuatu Oceania Primitive Art"

Old puppet danse stick called "Témes Nevimbur" presenting an ancestral head with bulging eyes and nose in plant material and painted with natural pigments and 3 stylized bird heads.
Decorated with four boar teeth. Used during traditional initiation ceremonies when passing grade.
Collected in the Heights of South West Bay
Village LAWA
Small Nambas
Malakula VANUATU

Price: 1 800 €

Period: 20th century
Style: Tribal Art
Condition: Condition of use

Material: Other
Length: 104 cm
Width: 29 cm
Depth: 34 cm

Reference: 691965