Group of 35 spears ·  Papua New Guinea - Highlands, Heba · ID: 3033650

Description

each with bamboo shaft, 12 of them with wooden tips of various forms, the remaining provided with bamboo tips and wooden intermediate piece, which is ornamentally carved and dyed with white and red pigment, fixed with rotan cuffs and blackish resin-like mass, in good condition;
spears with a long, thin and flexible shaft were thrown, they were used for distant combat. They served as currency money as well and were used for compensation for resolution of disputes.

L’objet Group of 35 spears avec l’ID d’objet 3033650 a fait partie de la vente aux enchères 70th tribal art auction dans 8 septembre 2012. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 45 a atteint un prix de vente de 1 600 € pour un prix d’adjudication de 500 €.

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