Fine early kukukuku stone headed club, MOROBE PROVINCE, PAPU...

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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. Approx L80cm. PROVENANCE John Magers Collection, Sydney.

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