Two ceremonial spears · Tiwi Islands, presumably Melville Island · ID: 3033777
Description
wood, red and yellow ochre, white and black pigment, flattened spear tips, one of them lance-shaped with toothed rim, the second one bipartite, painted with delicate lattice pattern, slightly dam., paint rubbed off;
such spears were only made by senior men and were symbols of their wealth and status. Such spears took considerable time to make and were used for ceremonial purposes only.
L’objet Two ceremonial spears avec l’ID d’objet 3033777 a fait partie de l’enchère 71st tribal art auction en 24 novembre 2012 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 88.
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Littérature comparée
Davies, S. M., Collected - 150 Years of Aboriginal Art and Artifacts at the Macleay Museum, Sidney 2002, p. 35