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