Zemanek-Münster

Ceremonial adze

Cook Islands - Mangaia Island
sold EUR 1,000
Provenance
Hellmut Patzer, Silesia, Poland (acquired in the 1st half of the 20th century)
Size
L: 66,5 cm
L: 26.2 inch

Description

wood, greywacke, coconut fibre cord (sennit),

Fine adze with elaborate incised decor covering the entire handle. The mace head artfully wrapped with particularly finely coir binding.


Comparing literature

Kaeppler, Adrienne, Polynesia, Honolulu 2010, p. 328, ill. 417, 418

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