Rare dance club with conical grooved head adorned with five - Lot 269

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Rare dance club with conical grooved head adorned with five - Lot 269
Rare dance club with conical grooved head adorned with five star-shaped branches. These dance clubs (see Hooper coll. copy) are displayed during the "kwé kai" dance performed by women of the maternal clan during the mourning ceremony to exalt their deceased nephew. During this dance, the men of the deceased's paternal clan let themselves be stripped of their ornaments by the dancers of the uterine clan. Kanak people, New Caledonia, Melanesia. Hardwood with a beautiful old patina. Wear, chips and cracks. 70.5 x 20.5 cm 19th century. Label: "91 Nouvelle Calédonie - text illegible" other label "N° 1" on the base. Expert : Anthony Meyer
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