Wooden spear with bipartite tip · Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Archipel Bismarck - Îles de l´Amirauté · ID: 3033049
Vendu
900 €
Provenance
Old Colonial Collection, Hamburg, GermanySepp Arnemann, Hamburg, Germany
Description
wooden shaft with remains of brown patina, the intermediate piece carved with stylized forms, two tips with barbs (= copy of a ray spike) inserted, fixed by cord and a coating with parinarium nut paste, rhomb pattern accentuated with red, black and white pigment, slightly dam., cracks, some Job’s tears missing