Ceremonial axe · Papua New Guinea - Mount Hagen · ID: 3042838
sold
EUR 400
Size
H: 86 cm
H: 33.9 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, with T-shaped projections, flat blade of slaty-like greyish-green stone inserted, elaborate plaited rattan cuff, min. dam., small missing parts (blade, rattan).
Axes of that kind were produced for ceremonial purposes, because of their great value used as primitive money.
Comparing literature
Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Coburg 1986, ill. 343