A TEMES NEVINBUR MALEKULA HEAD

Malekula people, Vanuatu Archipelago
19th or early 20th century
With a long nose, oval eyes and a mouth adorned with two pig's canines.
The head attached to a stick is covered with pandanus leaf headdress.
Coated with clay, Fiber, plants materials, breadfruit tree sap. Fibres, red, black, white and blue pigments.
Height: 111 cm. Height of head: 29 cm

Price:  €  3.500,-