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Spear with obsidian tip, before 1914, Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands, Size: H: 187 cm (H: 73.6 inch), ID: 3046983
Spear with obsidian tip, before 1914, Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands, Size: H: 187 cm (H: 73.6 inch), ID: 3046983 - 2/3 Spear with obsidian tip, before 1914, Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands, Size: H: 187 cm (H: 73.6 inch), ID: 3046983 - 3/3
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Lot 25
95th Tribal Art Auction

Spear with obsidian tip, before 1914 ·  Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands · ID: 3046983

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

Comparing literature

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

Oceania

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