Spear with obsidian tip ·  Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Archipel Bismarck - Îles de l´Amirauté · ID: 3034589

Description

bamboo shaft, wooden intermediate piece in openwork design, fixed by cord material coated with parinarium nut paste, Job’s tears attached, the obsidian blade additionally fixed by cord arranged in rhomb pattern, accentuated by black, red and white pigment, slightly dam., minor missing parts, cracks