Stonehead club
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82nd Tribal Art AuctionStonehead club
Papua New Guinea - Highlands, Morobe province, Kukukuku
Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
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Herzum, Bad Homburg, Germany |
L: 32.7 inch (shaft); D: 5.1 inch (club head) |
sold |
massive club head from heavy stone with burls in two rows, drilled in the middle for putting on the shaft, fixed by plaited rattan cuffs, partly dyed with red pigment, slightly dam.;
the Angu, also called Kukukuku are a small and previously violent group, living mainly in the high, mountainous region of the south-western Morobe province. Even though they are a short people, they were once feared for their violent raids on more peaceful villages living in lower valleys.