Axe blade "je" · Papua New Guinea, Dani · ID: 3032601
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Size
H: 55,5 cm
H: 21.9 inch
Description
greenish slate-like stone, formed like a blade, decorated with strings of plaited bast, with pieces of pelt and plant fibre attached to it, min. dam., on metal base;
used as bridal currency.
Comparing literature
Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. II, Köln 1995, p. 408, ill. 461