Spear ·  Solomon Islands - Bougainville Island · ID: 3039178

Description

nippa palmwood, blackish brown grained, with barbs (from tapered bones), remains of a plaited cuff from orchid bast, in a characteristic manner carved with two human figures “kagoi”, the knob from pressed plant fiber “uiru” wrapped with fibre strings, shaft cut at the bottom, some barbs missing

The object Spear with the object ID 3039178 was last part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction at October 31, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 101.

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