Old spear with obsidian tip · Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands · ID: 3042017
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Provenance
William Downing Webster, Bicester, England (1863-1913)Size
H: 160 cm
H: 63.0 inch
Description
bamboo shaft, fine carved wooden tip: human half figure emerging from elongated crocodile snout, fixing with original cord material and “atuna” putty, obsidian tip with remains of handwritten collection number “3631”, remains of red and white pigment, slightly dam. (bamboo shaft), minor missing parts (one ear of the crocodile, putty), abrasion of paint, base
Comparing literature
Kaufmann, Christian & Christin Kocher Schmid et. al., Admirality islands, Zurich 2002, p. 202 ff.