Two axe blades of stone and obsidian tip ·  Papua New Guinea · ID: 3034318

Description

a) axe blade of heavy greenish stone, lense-shaped in cross section, sharpened cutting edge, l: 9 cm, b: 4 cm; b) small axe blade of nephrit-like blackish stone, flattened, sharpened cutting edge, l: 6,5 cm, b: 3,8 cm, both blades extremeley accurate worked; c) pointed obsidian, l: 8 cm

The object Two axe blades of stone and obsidian tip with the object ID 3034318 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 17.

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