Set of five spears · Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago · ID: 3051653
sold
EUR 500
Provenance
Manfred Zirngibl, Passau, Germany (a, b, e)Kurt Rauner, Salzburg, Austria (a: 2003, b: 2001, c: 2019, d: 2018, e: 2001)
Description
a) spear with obsidian tip, Admiralty Islands, bamboo, Job’s tears (Coix lacryma-jobi), original binding with cord material and reddish-brown “atuna” putty, l: 160 cm
b) spear, St. Matthias Islands, nippa palm wood, kaolin, plant fibre, l: 218 cm
c) spear, St. Matthias Islands, nippa palm wood, kaolin, plant fibres, l: 245 cm
d) spear, Solomon Islands, Buka, nippa palm wood, leaf fibres, orchid bast, wing bones of the flying fox (barbs), l: 219 cm
e) spear, l: 234 cm