Three lances · Papua New Guinea - Sepik · ID: 3033677
Manfred Zirngibl, Passau, Germany (a, b)
Description
a) lance with tufts of cassowary feathers, arranged in seven layers and cut in various length, fixed by plant fibre and a plaited raffia cuff, l: 300 cm; lance, Solomon Islands, palmwood, incised linear ornaments, dyed with red, white and black pigment, remains of barbs made from the wingbones of the flying fox, l: 270 cm, binding dam.; c) lance with incised ornaments in the handle zone, accentuated with red pigment, presumably Sepik, l: 205 cm, min. dam.
The object Three lances with the object ID 3033677 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 60 achieved a sales price of EUR 200.
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