Ceremonial adze · Cook Islands - Mangaia Island · ID: 3050095
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