
PROUE DE PIROGUE SOCLEE
CANOE PROW ON BASE
DESCRIPTIF / DESCRIPTION :
Proue de pirogue usagée collectée en Papouasie Nouvelle Guinée sur le Fleuve Sépik. Exposée et vendue avec son socle sur mesure. La plupart des pirogues ont une proue en forme de tête de crocodile en guise de protection. Des centaines de pirogues circulent chaque jour sur le fleuve Sépik et leur durée de vie moyenne est de 7/8 ans. Lorsque la pirogue devient inutilisable, les papous acceptent d'en vendre la proue. Belle patine d'usage. Objet usuel papou chargé d'histoire ...
Used canoe prow. Exposed and sold with its custom base. Most of the canoe prows on the Sepik river have a crocodile head shape as people think it will protect them. Hundred of canoes go everyday on the river and the average lifetime of a canoe is 7/8 years. When rotten Papuan people can sell the prow. Used patina.
Used canoe prow. Exposed and sold with its custom base. Most of the canoe prows on the Sepik river have a crocodile head shape as people think it will protect them. Hundred of canoes go everyday on the river and the average lifetime of a canoe is 7/8 years. When rotten Papuan people can sell the prow. Used patina.
- REFERENCE : 206
- DIMENSION / SIZE : 42 x 16 cm
- REGION / AREA :FLEUVE SEPIK / SEPIK RIVER
- PAYS / COUNTRY : PAPOUASIE NOUVELLE GUINEE / PAPUA NEW GUINEA