Online catalogue for the 51st tribal art auction

21 Spear

This object is not available any more.

Papua New Guinea

nippa palm wood, handle zone coated with bone, wrapped up with strings of glass beads and reddish leather strips, wooden shaft with elongated tip, slightly dam., missing part (bone)

L: 2,20 m
L: 2,20 m

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22 Necklace

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Papua New Guinea

plaited plant fibre with discs of nassa snails, an oval piece of cymbium shell as pendant, three drilled holes at the lower rim, pieces of kuskus pelt and a string with feather bundles and fabric affixed, on wooden board coated with black velvet

L: 36,5 cm
L: 14.4 inch

Provenance
Alexander Pollmer, Munich, Germany

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23 Bone dagger

This object is not available any more.

Papua New Guinea

presumably cassowary bone, split and sharpened, incised ornaments, horn tip, fixed with parinarium nut paste, swivel head coated with plaited plant fibre, dyed with red and white pigment, stings with threaded coix seeds and feathers aside

H: 31,5 cm
H: 12.4 inch

Provenance
Alexander Pollmer, Munich, Germany

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24 Breast ornament

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Papua New Guinea

cymbium shell, vaulted to the front, containing a fabric amulet, applied with three wooden splinters, two delicate chains of plant fibre rings at the bottom, two drilled holes on the upper rim, for attachment of the plaited plant fibre necklace with shell discs, on wooden board coated with black velvet

B: 15,5 cm; H: 10 cm
B: 6.1 inch; H: 3.9 inch

Provenance
Alexander Pollmer, Munich, Germany

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25 Shell necklace

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Papua New Guinea

cymbium shell, in dense rows set with shell discs, which are stuck into a thick layer of reddish paste, two drilled holes at the upper rim, for attachment of a plant fibre necklace, strings of various shells for decoration, on wooden board coated with black velvet

H: 17 cm (Muschelschale)
H: 6.7 inch (Muschelschale)

Provenance
Alexander Pollmer, Munich, Germany

Sold.

26 Forehead ornament

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Papua New Guinea

lancet-shaped plant fibre weave, set with three tridacna rings and dogs teeth, nassa snails at the rim, the whole coated with a thick layer of red paste, cord for attachment

B: 31 cm
B: 12.2 inch

Provenance
Alexander Pollmer, Munich, Germany

Sold.

27 Necklace

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Papua New Guinea

a tube of fabric, filled with cord material and embroidered with teeth (tree cangeroo), on wooden board coated with black velvet

L: ca. 30 cm
L: ca. 11.8 inch

Provenance
Alexander Pollmer, Munich, Germany

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28 Bone dagger

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Papua New Guinea

decorated with incised geometrical ornaments, horn tip, fixed with blackish mass, swivel head with black feathers and abrus beans affixed; bone daggers were stuck into a plaited band on the upper arm, they were used as weapon for hunting and for fighting. Beside of this they had ceremonial function as well, above all those, which were made of human bones.

L: 37,5 cm
L: 14.8 inch

Provenance
Alexander Pollmer, Munich, Germany

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29 Necklace/Shell money

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Papua New Guinea

band of plaited plant fibre, set with conus shell discs, on wooden board with raised rim

L: 54 cm
L: 21.3 inch

Provenance
Alexander Pollmer, Munich, Germany

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30 Forehead ornament

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Papua New Guinea

lancet-shaped weave of plant fibre bast, set with dogs teeth, arranged overlapping in four dense rows, the upper rim embroidered with nassa snails, strings for attachment

L: 23 cm
L: 9.1 inch

Provenance
Alexander Pollmer, Munich, Germany

Sold.