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Bâton avec extremité en pierre

Papouasi-Nouvelle-Guinée - Highlands, province de Morobe, Kukukuku
Vendu 500 €
Provenance
Herzum, Bad Homburg, Germany
Taille
L: 83 cm (shaft)
D: 13 cm (club head)
L: 32.7 inch (shaft)
D: 5.1 inch (club head)

Description

massive club head from heavy stone with burls in two rows, drilled in the middle for putting on the shaft, fixed by plaited rattan cuffs, partly dyed with red pigment, slightly dam.;
the Angu, also called Kukukuku are a small and previously violent group, living mainly in the high, mountainous region of the south-western Morobe province. Even though they are a short people, they were once feared for their violent raids on more peaceful villages living in lower valleys.


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