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

Description

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

The object Spear with obsidian tip, before 1914 with the object ID 3046983 was part of the auction 95th Tribal Art Auction on October 24, 2020. The object with the lot number 25 achieved a sales price of EUR 550 with an asking price of EUR 400.

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Comparing literature

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