Spear with bipartite tip · Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands · ID: 3036069
sold
EUR 450
Provenance
German Colonial Collection (before 1914)Size
L: 245 cm
L: 96.5 inch
Description
shaft of palmwood, intermediate piece with diamond-shaped opening and bipartite tip made of wood, barbs as copies of ray spikes, fixations made with cord and a coating with parinarium nut paste, rhomb patterns formed by cord material, accentuated with red, black and white pigments, additional ornament with coix seeds (some missing), min. dam.;
the rhomb decor with cord material refers to the old age of the spear.