Spear · Solomon Islands - Buka Island · ID: 3033671
sold
EUR 450
Provenance
Held, Passau, GermanyManfred Zirngibl, Passau, Germany
Size
L: 244 cm
L: 96.1 inch
Description
Nippa palmwood, spear-tip with barbs made from the wingbones of the flying fox, a face symbolizing “kägoi” (the spirit of the spear) underneath, plaited cuffs of orchid bast, dyed in yellow, red and brown, binding in good condition, three barbs missing
Comparing literature
Tischner, Herbert, Dokumente verschollener Südsee-Kulturen, Bd. 38, 1981, p. 153, ill. 361