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A rare chiefs staff incised with two stylized ancestor figures and woven orchid root sheaths. Bougainville Islands, Northern Solomon Islands, PNG, Melanesia. Wood (black-palm), orchid root, & lime. 140.7 x 2.8 cm, Ex coll.: Julius Konietzko (1886/1952), Hamburg, Inv. N° 6. Ex coll.: Sigrid & Rolf Verlemann-Muller, Detmold, Inv. N° I 15. |
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