Two ceremonial axes "kenduaubu" or "dikurugu" · Papua New Guinea - Western Highlands Province, Mount Hagen area · ID: 3048836
Description
greenstone, wood, rattan, fiber string, a) blade of green-grey peridotite stone, w: 64 cm, l: 53 cm; b) blade-shaped end of wood with incised decoration and coloured pigment residues, rest., w: 57 cm, l: 41 cm
The object Two ceremonial axes “kenduaubu” or “dikurugu” with the object ID 3048836 was last part of the auction 98th Auction at March 26, 2022 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 126 achieved a sales price of EUR 300.
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Comparing literature
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (ed.), Africa, Oceania, the Americas, and the Jolika Collection of New Guinea Art, San Francisco 2006, p. 414 f.