Group of lime spatulas and bone daggers ·  Papua New Guinea - East Sepik Province, Iatmul · ID: 3051802

Description

6 pcs., cassowary bone, two lime spatulas “ava toop” with hornbill heads, plant fiber, l: 37.5 cm & 38.5 cm, and a bone dagger, incised with the face of an ancestral spirit, l: 30.5 cm; Sepik bone dagger with fine detail: a toothpick-like bone fragment fixed on the back with a leather strip, l: 33.5 cm.

comes with: bone knife, finely serrated in places on both sides, l: 18.5 cm and bone spatula, l: 24 cm

The object Group of lime spatulas and bone daggers with the object ID 3051802 was part of the auction Auction 105 on November 15, 2025. The object with the lot number 168 achieved a sales price of EUR 900 with an asking price of EUR 600.

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Comparing literature

Friede, John & Marcia, New Guinea Art, Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection, Vol. 1, San Francisco 2005, cat. 192