Sale 2371
Amsterdam
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12 May 1998
Price realised
NLG 4,382
Estimate
an asmat ceremonial spear The long cylindrical shaft with geometric relief at the end, the diminutive blade with curvelinear relief, the spear with a seated figure facing a hornbill and three stylized hornbill heads, fibre attachments 304 cm long
Provenance
Von Emden, Amsterdam Henri Kamer, New York The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
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