Dancing stick, Vanuatu Melanesia, New Hebrides. Twentieth century

Dancing stick, Vanuatu
Melanesia, New Hebrides. Twentieth century
H: 60cm

Anthropomorphic figure, in plant overmodeling, fixed on a wooden handle.
The face is highlighted by a raised contour. The eyebrow arches surround the eyes to join the nose.
Polychromy made from natural pigments.

This stick was collected in 1985 south of Malakula; it has remained with the same collector ever since.

Ref. :4011

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