Spear with obsidian tip, before 1914

Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands

sold EUR 550

Provenance

German Colonial Collection

Size

H: 187 cm

H: 73.6 inch

Description

nippa palm wood, wood, pigment, Job’s tears (Coix lacryma-jobi), glass beads, fixing with original cord material and “atuna” putty

Kaufmann, Christian & Christin Kocher Schmid et. al., Admirality islands, Zurich 2002, p. 200

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