Rare hammer-shaped fighting club

Papua New Guinea - Eastern Highlands Province, Wonenara or Marawaka areas, Anga

not available anymore

Provenance

Leo Fleischmann, Sydney, Australia
Anthony JP Meyer, Paris, France
John & Marcia Friede, Rye, USA

Size

L: 73,5 cm (shaft)

B: 19 cm (club head)

L: 28.9 inch (shaft)

B: 7.5 inch (club head)

Description

wood, rattan, handwritten collection no. “LF/C 67”

Friede, John et. al. (ed.), "New Guinea Highlands, Art from the Jolika Collection", New York 2017, p. 220, fig. 10.32 A

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