Spear thrower · Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik · ID: 3033646

Name: Spear thrower
SKU: 3033646
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

collected in situ by the German Radio Officer Lehr, on duty for the North German Lloyd (on a ship called “Friderum”), 1921-1928

Size

L: 86 cm

L: 33.9 inch

Description

bamboo shaft, a wooden figure (hornbill head) attached by rotan cuff, slightly dam., cracks

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