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
The object Spear foreshaft with the object ID 3038818 was part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction on June 27, 2015. The object with the lot number 48 achieved a sales price of EUR 450 with an asking price of EUR 200.
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Comparing literature
Kaufmann, Christian, Vanuatu - Kunst aus der Südsee, Basel 1997, p. 88, ill. 123