Matanimau dancer's stick. It is used for the dance, called m - Lot 139

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Matanimau dancer's stick. It is used for the dance, called m - Lot 139
Matanimau dancer's stick. It is used for the dance, called mawa-ni-hinwa (hook dance). This dance is performed by the women in certain large funeral celebrations. Light wood painted in black with a patina of use, missing and worn. Length : 84,5 cm. Melanesia, archipelago of the Solomon Islands. Expedition of the Korrigane (1934/1936) Deposit number of the Musée de l'Homme D.39.3.357. Traded for two tobacco sticks to a native of the pagan village of Nafinuatogo in the island of Santa Anna (Owa Raha) by Charles van den Broek in July 1935.
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