Tribal Art & Antiquities - 21st February 2018

Lot 559

Four Papua New Guinea spears including a New Ireland spear

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £350

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Description

Four Papua New Guinea spears

including a New Ireland spear, palmwood and bamboo, with a oval head and faceted tip having a fibre bound bamboo end with inscribed linear leaf design, 229.5cm long; a palmwood spear with black and red coiled fibre with the remains of finely bound ribs with barbs, 318.5cm long; one with cut barbs along one side, possibly Matty Island, 232cm long; and a double sided barbed spear with remains of linear pigment decoration, 215cm long. (4)

Provenance

London Art Market, 1920's/30's and thence by descent.