Quatre poignards en os · Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée · ID: 3051795
Description
cassowary bone, pigment,
Daggers are widespread throughout the Sepik region. Most of them are long bones of cassowaries filed to a point, some were made of human tubular bones.
They were mainly used in warfare. If a fighter was able to grab an opponent from behind, he would place the point between the collarbone and shoulder blade so that it penetrated the heart area.
The daggers were carried by the men under their arm rings. They were valued as status symbols and were also used in certain rituals to symbolise the presence of ancestors.
L’objet Quatre poignards en os avec l’ID d’objet 3051795 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères Vente aux enchères 104 dans 12 avril 2025 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 134 a atteint un prix de vente de 1 650 €.
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