Rare spear ·  Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Britain - Tolai · ID: 3043135

Description

palm wood, animal skin, rattan, grass fiber, leaf material, quills, fabric,

These spears were conferred on prominent men as a kind of emblem of their success or carried by masked dancers as a sign of their power.

The object Rare spear with the object ID 3043135 was part of the auction 89th Tribal Art Auction on July 7, 2018. The object with the lot number 45 achieved a sales price of EUR 850 with an asking price of EUR 200.

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Comparing literature

Conru, Kevin (ed.), Bismarck Archipelago Art, Milan 2013, p. 214, ill. 128 Heermann, Ingrid (Hg.), Form, Farbe, Phantasie, Stuttgart 2001, p. 56, ill. 14 ff.