Spear with bipartite tip, before 1914
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands
sold
EUR 500
Provenance
Old German Colonial Collection, before 1914Size
L: 234 cm
L: 92.1 inch
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)