Zemanek-Münster

Rare hammer-shaped fighting club ·  Papua New Guinea - Eastern Highlands Province, Wonenara or Marawaka areas, Anga · ID: 3049713

sold EUR 1,800
Provenance
Leo Fleischmann, Sydney, Australia
Anthony JP Meyer, Paris, France
John & Marcia Friede, Rye, USA
John Friede, with his wife, Marcia, assembled over decades the Jolika Collection, which is named in honor of their three children, John, Lisa, and Karen. More than 300 works from their holdings are now part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco’s permanent collection housed at the de Young.
Size
L: 79,5 cm
L: 31.3 inch

Description

wood, handwritten collection no. “LF/C 99”


The object Rare hammer-shaped fighting club with the object ID 3049713 was last part of the auction Sale 100 at April 15, 2023 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 9 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,800.

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Publications

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


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