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.
The object Ceremonial axe with the object ID 3042838 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 22 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.
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Comparing literature
Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Coburg 1986, ill. 343