Zemanek-Münster

Two ceremonial axes "kenduaubu" or "dikurugu"

Papua New Guinea - Western Highlands Province, Mount Hagen area
sold EUR 300
Provenance
Sofie Bezler, Vellberg, Germany

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


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.

Subscribe to our newsletter

Join over 10,000 tribal art collectors. Don't miss out on upcoming news and auctions.

Subscribe today