Zemanek-Münster

Axe "utam"

Papua New Guinea
not available anymore
Provenance
Artur Rösler, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Size
L: 52 cm (shaft)
B: 10 cm (blade)
L: 20.5 inch (shaft)
B: 3.9 inch (blade)

Description

wood, rattan, red pigment, stone, the shaft reflecting the natural form of the branch, a wedge-shaped base for insertion of the blade attached by rattan, blade of blackish green stone, fixed by rattan, slightly dam., binding loosened


Comparing literature

Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Coburg 1986, p. 148 f.

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