Spear with obsidian tip ·  Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands · ID: 3034589

Description

bamboo shaft, wooden intermediate piece in openwork design, fixed by cord material coated with parinarium nut paste, Job’s tears attached, the obsidian blade additionally fixed by cord arranged in rhomb pattern, accentuated by black, red and white pigment, slightly dam., minor missing parts, cracks

The object Spear with obsidian tip with the object ID 3034589 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 36 achieved a sales price of EUR 800.

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