Axe "utam" · Papua New Guinea · ID: 3038835
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Provenance
German Colonial Collection (before 1914)Size
H: 57,5 cm
H: 22.6 inch
Description
the shaft reflecting the natural form of the branch, a wedge-shaped base for insertion of the blade attached with rotan, blade of blackish green stone, fixed with plant fibre, min. dam., cracks, traces of insect caused damage and abrasion
The object Axe “utam” with the object ID 3038835 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 17.
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Comparing literature
Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Coburg 1986, p. 148 f.