Lot n° 167
Estimation :
3500 - 4000
EUR
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Result
: 3 500EUR
Complete shark fisherman's set consisting of six essential o - Lot 167
Complete shark fisherman's set consisting of six essential objects: a rare shark effigy in lava stone, (18 x 11 x 9 cm.), a float (Laaroron Saman) in the shape of a propeller with ends decorated with incised motifs with a traversing lasso in woven rattan, (159 x 14 x 8 cm.) (slit), a rattle (Larung) made of half coconuts threaded on a rattan hoop, (42 x 34 x 23 cm.), a calling conch made of a newt, (37 x 23 x 14 cm.), a paddle decorated with an engraved shark, (147 x 10 x 3 cm.), a rattan bait pole and a hardwood shark stunner,(63 x 6 x 4 cm.). Melanesia. Bismarck Archipelago. New Ireland. The use of this set is governed by ritual and traditional laws, as shark fishing is a domain reserved for initiated men and with ceremonial and religious specificities that are necessary to allow the fishing of these spirit-bearers that sharks are in Oceanic mythologies.
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