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Dagger with obsidian blade

Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands
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


Comparing literature

Ohnemus, Sylvia, Zur Kultur der Admiralitäts-Insulaner in Melanesien, Basel 1996, p. 383, ill. 454

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