Stone axe · Papua New Guinea · ID: 3019580
Price
EUR 1,200
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Provenance
Coll. Eckert, Munich, GermanySize
L: 55,5 cm
L: 21.9 inch
Description
wooden shaft, a stone blade of greyish basalt, sharpened and polished, oval in cross-section, affixed by rattan which is tightly wrapped around, an artificially plaited rattan cuff for decoration and additional fixing, slightly dam., crack (on top), place of repair
Comparing literature
Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Ausst.kat. Natur-Museum Coburg 1986, p. 148