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