Details
Thirteen ethnografic weapons and ten other artefacts
A Maori-style ivory hand club with carved figure to one side; a Sudan knife with head finial and horn sheath; three small Sudan knives in single sheath; ten various Indonesian knives and sheaths; a wood keris hilt; a New Guinea adze with stone blade retained with rattan; a New Guinea axe, the palmwood blade and cassowary toe-nail point retained with woven rattan; two New Guinea adze hafts; a Sepik palmwood beater; two New Guinea palmwood implements; and two Sepik paddle finials carved as masks - 10cm. to 71cm. (23)
A Maori-style ivory hand club with carved figure to one side; a Sudan knife with head finial and horn sheath; three small Sudan knives in single sheath; ten various Indonesian knives and sheaths; a wood keris hilt; a New Guinea adze with stone blade retained with rattan; a New Guinea axe, the palmwood blade and cassowary toe-nail point retained with woven rattan; two New Guinea adze hafts; a Sepik palmwood beater; two New Guinea palmwood implements; and two Sepik paddle finials carved as masks - 10cm. to 71cm. (23)