Three lances
Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Sepik
Vendu
200 €
Provenance
Held, Passau, GermanyManfred Zirngibl, Passau, Germany (a, b)
Description
a) lance with tufts of cassowary feathers, arranged in seven layers and cut in various length, fixed by plant fibre and a plaited raffia cuff, l: 300 cm; lance, Solomon Islands, palmwood, incised linear ornaments, dyed with red, white and black pigment, remains of barbs made from the wingbones of the flying fox, l: 270 cm, binding dam.; c) lance with incised ornaments in the handle zone, accentuated with red pigment, presumably Sepik, l: 205 cm, min. dam.