Dagger · Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands · ID: 3035108
sold
EUR 1,000
Provenance
Klaus Clausmeyer, Düsseldorf, GermanyAlex Vömel, Düsseldorf, Germany
Size
H: 40 cm
H: 15.7 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, flat handle, carved with an anthropomorphic half figure with two ray-spines projecting from the head, fixed by parinarium nut paste, slightly dam., crack (right forearm), paint rubbed off
Comparing literature
Kaufmann, Christian & Christin Kocher Schmid et. al., Admirality islands, Zürich 2002, p. 196