Zemanek-Münster

Dagger

Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands
sold EUR 1,000
Provenance
Klaus Clausmeyer, Düsseldorf, Germany
Alex 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

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