Lot Essay
Cf. another, similar, in Sarasin, F., Neu-Caledonien und die Loyalty-Inseln, Basel, 1917, p.60, fig.28
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Details
A very fine New Caledonia ceremonial axe
The large disc of green jade, the wooden shaft bound with a strip of blue bark cloth and plaited fibre with red flying fox fur, clusters of pompoms of similar material to the woven finial
65cm. long
The large disc of green jade, the wooden shaft bound with a strip of blue bark cloth and plaited fibre with red flying fox fur, clusters of pompoms of similar material to the woven finial
65cm. long
Provenance
Discovered in a ships' chandler's shop near St. Malo in the early 1950s