Zemanek-Münster

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


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