Spatula, wealth display

Spatula, wealth display

Whale bone, Chama pacifica shell disks , fiber rope
Dimensions: Height: 37.3cm
Presumed period: ^19th or early ^20th century
Aire Massim
Papua New Guinea

Source :
– Bernard le Dauphin Collection Paris
– Marcia and John Friede Collection. The Jolika Collection. Rye, New York
– Franck Marcelin Gallery
– Jean Claude Mocellin Collection, Nice

Exhibition:
– The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York 1991. New Guinea Bone carving

Bibliography :
– Friede. 2005. Reproduced Vol II, illustrated page 154 n°421
– Harry Beran & Franck Marcelin. Art Massim, 150 objects from the Jolika collection.
Aix en Provence, 2016, illustrated p.136