Auction 104 After sale
Zemanek-Münster

Stone axe

Papua New Guinea
Price EUR 1,200
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Provenance
Coll. Eckert, Munich, Germany
Size
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

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