Lot Essay
Cf. Sotheby's 7 December 1992, lot 9, for a similar axe from the Hallinan Collection
Details
A NEW GUINEA HIGHLANDS AXE with flared dark green stone blade, the broad wood haft inscribed: Hermanas Timmerman VAM ....School TE Hollandia-Binnen, dark patina
70cm. long
70cm. long