SEPIK DAGGER KORRIGANE

Dagger

Iatmul

Middle Sepik Region, P.N.G., Melanesia

19th/20th century

Cassowary bone (Casuarius casuarius) (tibiotarsus) with a beautiful patina of age and use

Length: 39 cm

Provenance: Collected during the Voyage of the Korrigane (1934/1936) Comte & Comtesse de Ganay, Charles and Régine van den Broek, and Jean Ratisbonne; a collection of 2500 objects gathered on the expedition of the ""Korrigane.""

Jean Fernand Gabriel Marie Ratisbonne (1908 - 1993), photographer of the expedition Philippe or René Ratisbonne, Paris Auction by Rennes Enchères, May 31, 2010, Lot 32, Oceanic Collection from the Voyage of the Korrigane, Jean Roudillon Expert Jean Ratisbonne Daniel Vigne, Filmmaker, Paris/Uzès

Exhibition: N° 23 of the exhibition The SURREAL in a collection of 20th century European drawings and in the Early Art of New Guinea, Parcours des Mondes 2024

Price: 6.500 euros

Object Presented by:
Anthony J.P. Meyer
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