MASSIM WOOD EBONY STAFF TRIBAL FINE OLD EXAMPLE NEW GUINEA PNG ART

MASSIM WOOD EBONY STAFF TRIBAL FINE OLD EXAMPLE NEW GUINEA PNG

THE MASSIM PEOPLE INHABIT THE ISLANDS AND COASTAL FRINGE OF THE EAST COAST OF NEW GUINEA, KNOWN AS MILNE BAY PROVINCE. THEIR CARVING IS RENOWNED FOR IT'S SOPHISTICATED AND HIGHLY DISTINCTIVE STYLISATION.

FINELY CARVED IN RARE PACIFIC EBONY, THIS VINTAGE FIGURATIVE STAFF DEPICTS TWO CROCODILE HEADS AND A CROC FIGURE WITH SKILLFULLY INCISED SCROLLWORK, ALL IN TRADITIONAL STYLE.

 A HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE EXAMPLE.

MASSIM PEOPLE

TROBRIAND ISLANDS

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

SIZE: 94cm, 37 inches.

 20TH CENTURY

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