Napa' dance club
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Lot: 68
Napa' dance club
Solomon Islands - Santa Cruz Islands
Provenance | Size | Hammer price |
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Old UK Collection | H: 36 inch | 1000 EUR |
wood, black and red pigment,
These ceremonial clubs were carried by adult men during the 'napa' dance. This dance was widespread, but may have originated in Utupa, where it was used at initiation ceremonies for young men. During the complicated steps of the 'napa', the male dancers struck tghier clubs together ritually.
Hurst, Norman, Power and Prestige, Cambridge 1996, p. 58 f.