Two ceremonial spears, before 1914 · Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipel - St. Matthias Inseln · ID: 3042345
sold
EUR 600
Provenance
Old German Colonial Collection, before 1914Size
L: 242 cm
L: 95.3 inch
Description
nippa palmwood, white pigment, plant fibre tufts, cord, shafts thickened to the tip and carved with barbs to one side, spear end mortized in bamboo spout, one of the spears inscribed “101 I”, traces of old age, crack (bamboo spout of one of the spears)