Ceremonial spear · Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Sepik · ID: 3034739
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Provenance
Steyler MissionLoed van Bussel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Description
wood, dark brown patina, the lower part of the shaft carved with a spirit ancestor figure and a large janushead, the ears adorned with various shells, conus rings and nassa shell strings, the upper part of the shaft wrapped with rattan, with black and white feathers as well as downy feathers attached, slightly dam. (feathers)
Littérature comparée
Wardwell, Alan, The Art of the Sepik River, Chicago 1971, p. 25