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Ceremonial axe ·  Papua New Guinea - Mount Hagen · ID: 3033618

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Provenance
collected in situ by the German radio officer Lehr, on duty for North German Lloyd (on a ship caled “Friderum”), 1921-1928
Size
H: 62 cm
H: 24.4 inch

Description

wooden shaft, plaited rattan cuff, green blade, min. dam. (plaited cuff), minor missing parts (blade, shaft);
axes of that kind were produced for ceremonial purposes, because of their great value they were used as primitive money as well.


The object Ceremonial axe with the object ID 3033618 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 53.

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Comparing literature

Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Coburg 1986, p. 148, ill. 343


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