Old spear with bipartite tip, before 1914 · Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands · ID: 3039542
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
The object Old spear with bipartite tip, before 1914 with the object ID 3039542 was last part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction at October 31, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 96 achieved a sales price of EUR 550.
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