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
The object Old spear with obsidian tip with the object ID 3042017 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 45.
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Comparing literature
Kaufmann, Christian & Christin Kocher Schmid et. al., Admirality islands, Zurich 2002, p. 202 ff.