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.
The object Spear with bipartite tip with the object ID 3036069 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 44 achieved a sales price of EUR 450.
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