Three spears · Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Britain - Gazelle Peninsula, Nakanai · ID: 3033674
Manfred Zirngibl, Passau, Germany
Description
wood, dark brown patina, one half of the shaft made of wood, the other one of bamboo, which is delicately ornamented in some areas, the transition point wrapped with grass fibre, one spear with lable and old collection number “EF298”, slightly dam., binding with grass fibre partly loosened
The object Three spears with the object ID 3033674 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 71 achieved a sales price of EUR 150.
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Comparing literature
Tischner, Herbert, Dokumente verschollener Südsee-Kulturen, Bd. 38, 1981, ill. 352