Description:

Fine early kukukuku stone headed club, MOROBE PROVINCE, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Carved hardwood, stone and woven natural fibre. The Angu or Änga people, also called Kukukuku (pronounced cookah-cookah) live mainly in the high, mountainous region of south-western Morobe province of Papua New Guinea. Even though they are a short people, often less than five feet tall, they were once feared for their violent raids on more peaceful villages living in lower valleys. The stone club heads came in a variety of shapes and forms and are remarkably the only really aesthetic objects this group created.

    Provenance:
  • Private collection, Queensland.
  • Dimensions:
  • Approx L94 x 17.5cm.
  • Exhibited:
  • 930
  • Literature:
  • Decorative Art
  • Medium:
  • Ethnographic & Indigenous Artifacts
  • Circa:
  • Pacific Islands

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15 July 2024 19:00 AEST
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