Very Rare Old Circa 1950 Trobriand Melanesia Kiadiba Dance Paddle Hand carved PNG 4A5

hand carvedRare & Old Circa 1950 Trobriand Melanesia Kiadiba Dance Paddle Handcarved PNG ITEM 4A5B This is a large rare dance shield or paddle Circa 1950 From the remote Trobriand islands, Melanesia Called a "iadiba" Papua New Guinea Item 4A5BThey normally retail around $2,000.00 We are asking a fraction of the original valueMeasures: 21 1/2" x 7 1/2"On photos 11 and 12, you see some of this wonderful and rare art displayed in our home.This old hand carved and hand painted Kiadiba was made of solid wood decorated with lime and ochre, and we collected it in the Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea on one of our trips there. Trobriand paints are natural pigments and have a short life and usually are renewed often whenever needed. The red paint on Karumosa is a natural earth pigment that is traded in Kula from the people of Dobu Island. The traditional value of this pigment in the Kula trade is due to the fact that no earth pigments are found in the Trobri