Wooden spear with bipartite tip
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands
sold
EUR 900
Provenance
Old Colonial Collection, Hamburg, GermanySepp Arnemann, Hamburg, Germany
Size
L: 224 cm
L: 88.2 inch
Description
wooden shaft with remains of brown patina, the intermediate piece carved with stylized forms, two tips with barbs (= copy of a ray spike) inserted, fixed by cord and a coating with parinarium nut paste, rhomb pattern accentuated with red, black and white pigment, slightly dam., cracks, some Job’s tears missing