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ILES SALOMON / MAKIRA - Lot 259
ILES SALOMON / MAKIRA "Massue bouclier" Roromaraugi, carved wood, +-94cm. Note: It was used to deflect enemy fire. It has a broad-beaked or boomerang-shaped head, separated by a well-defined central ridge, with a spur at the back. The handle is often finished with an anthropomorphic carving and the whole thing is made of very hard wood. It was also used for war dances. Source: Douglas Newton, Arts des mers du sud: Insulinde, Mélanésie, Polynésie, Musée Barbier-Mueller, 1998, p.270.
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