Malagan Frieze, New Ireland
Malagan Frieze, New Ireland
kobokobor
height 44 1/2in (113cm)
Provenance
Sonja Bata Collection, Toronto
Canadian Private Collection
Intricately carved in light wood, the central rectangular panel from one piece of wood with rounded edges and a figure in high relief in the center with distinctive malagan features--large circular eyes inset with shells, broad nose with flaring nostrils and grinning mouth revealing teeth--remnants of fiber tufts in the hair; the hands coming together at the front and holding a fish; circular bands of incised feather-like designs frame the figure; four separately carved fish elements attached with pins to each of the four sides [the top and bottom reinforced with later metal plates hammered in]; decorated overall with black, red and white pigments.
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Malagan Frieze, New Ireland
kobokobor
height 44 1/2in (113cm)
Provenance
Sonja Bata Collection, Toronto
Canadian Private Collection
Intricately carved in light wood, the central rectangular panel from one piece of wood with rounded edges and a figure in high relief in the center with distinctive malagan features--large circular eyes inset with shells, broad nose with flaring nostrils and grinning mouth revealing teeth--remnants of fiber tufts in the hair; the hands coming together at the front and holding a fish; circular bands of incised feather-like designs frame the figure; four separately carved fish elements attached with pins to each of the four sides [the top and bottom reinforced with later metal plates hammered in]; decorated overall with black, red and white pigments.
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