Spear with bipartite tip, before 1914 ·  Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands · ID: 3042348

Description

head piece from soft wood with notched ornamental decor, fixed by fine cord wrapping and parinarium nut paste, cord partly arranged in rhomb patterns, accentuated with red, black and white pigment, Job’s tear grass seads (partly missing), slightly dam., missing parts (side projection), rep. (one tip broken)

The object Spear with bipartite tip, before 1914 with the object ID 3042348 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 121 achieved a sales price of EUR 500.

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