Ceremonial spear ·  Papua New Guinea - Sepik · ID: 3034739

Description

wood, dark brown patina, the lower part of the shaft carved with a spirit ancestor figure and a large janushead, the ears adorned with various shells, conus rings and nassa shell strings, the upper part of the shaft wrapped with rattan, with black and white feathers as well as downy feathers attached, slightly dam. (feathers)

The object Ceremonial spear with the object ID 3034739 was last part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction at May 25, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 41.

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Comparing literature

Wardwell, Alan, The Art of the Sepik River, Chicago 1971, p. 25