Zemanek-Münster

Group of four spears, before 1914

Papua New Guinea - Astrolabe Bay
sold EUR 400
Provenance
Heinrich Füllbeck, Munich, Germany
Size
L: 246 cm - 295 cm
L: 96.9 inch - 116.1 inch

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.


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