Fighting dagger

indonesia
Written By Helena Heukeshoven

Dagger

Sarakim Village, Wosera Southern Abelam, PNG, Melanesia

19/20th century

Cassowary bone, fiber and feathers with a beautiful patina of age and use

38,5 cm x 5,5 cm x 7 cm And feathers 51 cm x 4 cm (diam)

Provenance : Ernst Heinrich, Bad Cannstatt, Stuttgart Loed & Mia van Bussel, Amsterdam Oscar van Weerdenburg, Pays Bas

Publication: Conru, Kevin & Fogel, Jonathan (ed.) : SEPIK RAMU ART. Conru Editions, Brussels, 2019, pl. 60, p. 134/ 137.

Object Presented by:
Anthony J.P. Meyer
T.: + 33 (0) 6 80 10 80 22

Helena Heukeshoven
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