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
The object Dagger with the object ID 3035108 was part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction on May 25, 2013. The object with the lot number 42 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000 with an asking price of EUR 450.
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Comparing literature
Kaufmann, Christian & Christin Kocher Schmid et. al., Admirality islands, Zürich 2002, p. 196