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Dagger with obsidian blade ·  Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands · ID: 3051941

sold EUR 700
Provenance
Geert Hendrik van de Zee, The Netherlands
Berry 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


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