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”), 1921-1928Size
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.
Comparing literature
Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Coburg 1986, p. 148, ill. 343