North Malekula spear Vanuatu Wood, bamboo,... - Lot 240 - Giquello

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North Malekula spear Vanuatu Wood, bamboo,... - Lot 240 - Giquello
North Malekula spear Vanuatu Wood, bamboo, fiber 217 cm Rare and ancient spear made of a bamboo shaft topped by a wooden point fixed by a cord meticulously wrapped around the handle. The tip is decorated at its base with two Janus heads representing the faces of ancestors with characteristic angular features: widely stretched mouth, wide-open nostrils, well-marked arches. Beautiful brown shaded patina. Provenance Collected by Dr Philippe François before 1895 Tajan (Paris), 13 December 2002, n° 160 Galerie Alain Bovis (Paris) Publication Presque rien, Galerie Maine Durieu, 2012, p. 32 and 33
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