Spear foreshaft · Vanuatu · ID: 3038818
sold
EUR 450
Size
H: 40 cm
H: 15.7 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, firmly twisted cord material, thorn-like tapering base for insertion into the spear shaft, carved with a bearded janus head, showing nearly identical faces, crowned by a tapering socket, wrapped in cord material for the spear tip to be plugged in, slightly dam. (nose tip), cracks
Comparing literature
Kaufmann, Christian, Vanuatu - Kunst aus der Südsee, Basel 1997, p. 88, ill. 123