Dagger with obsidian blade · Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands · ID: 3051941
sold
EUR 700
Provenance
Geert Hendrik van de Zee, The NetherlandsBerry de Bruijn, Breda, The Netherlands
German Collection, Berlin
Size
H: 26,5 cm
H: 10.4 inch
Description
parinarium putty (handle), pigments, handwritten collection label “N.G. 35 (52993) Obsidiandolch Trobriand eil.”, base
The object Dagger with obsidian blade with the object ID 3051941 was last part of the auction Auction 104 at April 12, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 153 achieved a sales price of EUR 700.
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Comparing literature
Ohnemus, Sylvia, Zur Kultur der Admiralitäts-Insulaner in Melanesien, Basel 1996, p. 383, ill. 454