Axe "utam" · Papua New Guinea · ID: 3034304
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Provenance
Artur Rösler, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, GermanySize
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
The object Axe “utam” with the object ID 3034304 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 16.
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Comparing literature
Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Coburg 1986, p. 148 f.