A Fine Old New Guinea Spear Finial Abelam People East Sepik Papua New Guinea

A Fine Old New Guinea Spear Finial Abelam People East Sepik Papua New Guinea

This beautiful old spear is from the Abelam People in the East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea. Likely cut down from a 400cm spear to its present height of 83cm. The upper part is carved with two ancestor figures one on each side, their arms and legs done in a stylized manner that is the ingenuity of the Abelam artist who made this spear. The spear has an old black patina overall and with remnants of white ochre . The spear is dating from the late 19th to the early 20th Century.

Provenance: The Todd Barlin Collection of New Guinea Oceanic Art 

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