Spear
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands
sold
EUR 950
Provenance
German Colonial Collection (before 1914)Size
L: 228 cm
L: 89.8 inch
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, red and white pigment, lower part with fine ring-shaped incisions, corpus with sections varying in thickness, the middle piece carved with barbs and compartments with notched ornaments, pairs of eyes, slightly dam., abrasion of paint, missing parts (tip, at the bottom a larger piece splintered)