Large spatula decorated with characteristic decorations including two very beautiful double inverted spirals fouw engraved on both sides, and which would be a metaphor of the social and economic interconnection guaranteeing the coherence between the families and the supreme chief, or the balance between the earth and the beyond according to an ancient myth. Lake Sentani region, Papua New Guinea Wood, wear, beautiful patina. H. 85 cm Provenance : Pierre Langlois