Group of four spears, before 1914 ·  Papua New Guinea - Astrolabe Bay · ID: 3043094

Description

shafts and lancet-shaped spear tips made from nippa palmwood, transition points shaft/tip fixed with broad cuffs from rattan, resp. orchid bast, wooden pieces inserted into the cuffs most probably for stabilization of the tips, two shafts carved with stylized squatting figures, two shaft endings carved with bulging rings, slightly dam.

The object Group of four spears, before 1914 with the object ID 3043094 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 16 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.

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