Spear ·  Îles Salomon - Île Buka · ID: 3033671

Description

Nippa palmwood, spear-tip with barbs made from the wingbones of the flying fox, a face symbolizing “kägoi” (the spirit of the spear) underneath, plaited cuffs of orchid bast, dyed in yellow, red and brown, binding in good condition, three barbs missing

Littérature comparée

Tischner, Herbert, Dokumente verschollener Südsee-Kulturen, Bd. 38, 1981, p. 153, ill. 361