Lot: 13

56th tribal art auction

Hache de pierre

Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée

Provenance Taille Prix d’appel / Prix d'Estimation
Coll. Eckert, Munich, Germany L: 55,5 cm 1200 EUR
Frais supplémentaires : 27% de commission, TVA, expédition et assurance transport

wooden shaft, a stone blade of greyish basalt, sharpened and polished, oval in cross-section, affixed by rattan which is tightly wrapped around, an artificially plaited rattan cuff for decoration and additional fixing, slightly dam., crack (on top), place of repair


Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Ausst.kat. Natur-Museum Coburg 1986, p. 148