African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 15th December 2021
Lot 916
An Admiralty Islands spear
Estimate £300 - £400
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Description
An Admiralty Islands spear
Melanesia
with an obsidian blade and fibre bindings with black and red pigment, the knoped shaft with four rows of applied glass beads, with remains of white ink inscription,
77cm long.
Provenance
Dr Leonhard Adam (1891 - 1960) Anthropologist and lawyer.