NEW GUINEA AND AUSTRAL ISLANDS
Details
A spear thrower, paddle, and two fragments
New Guinea and Austral Islands
A Sepik River spear thrower, the bamboo shaft with attached carved wooden anthropomorphic creature and finial, rattan binding; a New Guinea paddle with partly-blackened blade, scroll finial; and the blade and rectangular finial of an Austral Islands paddle, the last with eight dancing figures
103cm., 160cm., 48cm. and 10cm. long (4)
New Guinea and Austral Islands
A Sepik River spear thrower, the bamboo shaft with attached carved wooden anthropomorphic creature and finial, rattan binding; a New Guinea paddle with partly-blackened blade, scroll finial; and the blade and rectangular finial of an Austral Islands paddle, the last with eight dancing figures
103cm., 160cm., 48cm. and 10cm. long (4)
Provenance
Birmingham Museum for the paddle blade