Spear tip ·  Îles Salomon - Île Buka · ID: 3033776

Description

with barbs made from the wing-bones of the flying fox, plaited cuffs of orchid bast dyed in yellow and red, carved with a face symbolizing “kägoi”, knob of leaf fibres pressed closely together, called “uiru”, cut palm wood shaft, slightly dam., cracks, breakage and minor missing parts a the barbs;
“kägoi” is a spirit, and the carving certainly symbolises the spirit that gives the spear its deadly power. The knob called “uiru” represents the spirits dwelling.

Littérature comparée

D. Waite & K. Conru, Solomon Islands Art, Italy 2008, p. 130 f.