Zemanek-Münster

Old spear with obsidian tip, before 1914 ·  Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands · ID: 3039543

sold EUR 350
Size
L: 206 cm
L: 81.1 inch

Description

shaft and partly openworked intermediate piece made from wood, transitional points and blade fixed by cord and coating from parinarium nut paste, rhomb pattern accentuated by white, black and red pigment, Job’s tears attached, blade dam./tip broken, fine cracks, abrasion of paint


The object Old spear with obsidian tip, before 1914 with the object ID 3039543 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 97 achieved a sales price of EUR 350.

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