Axe handle

Papua New Guinea - Trobriand Islands, Massim

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Provenance

Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria

Size

L: 61 cm

L: 24.0 inch

Description

wood, rattan, natural pigments,

Complemented by a blade made of green basalt (“boku”), such axes were presented as a bride price.

Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, S. 139, ill. 129

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