Old spear with bipartite tip, before 1914
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands
sold
EUR 550
Size
L: 211 cm
L: 83.1 inch
Description
wood, parinarium nut paste, shaft reflecting the natural form of the branch, two tips with barbs (copy of a ray spike), decorated with rhomb pattern, which is accentuated by red, black and white pigment, Job’s tears attached (partly missing), slightly dam., fine crack, abrasion of paint