Wooden spear with bipartite tip · Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands · ID: 3033049
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
The object Wooden spear with bipartite tip with the object ID 3033049 was part of the auction 69th tribal art auction on June 2, 2012. The object with the lot number 114 achieved a sales price of EUR 900 with an asking price of EUR 600.
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