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I have seen this axe appear and reappear on ebay. It had always cought me eye but I have always been very suspisious of traders around Indonesian ruled Papua. However looking through "The shadows of New Guinea, arts of the great island of Oceania, the collections of the Barbier-Mueller" {I have the French version} a wonderful example is illustrated. I could see that the axe that interested me did indeed follow a tradition and clearly not antique has none the less some age. So I bought it!!!!
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Okay going back some. The axe I bought, the slightly out of focus picture is a rubbish tourist thing. The blade even having part of it formed by glued up sand and grit. However I am now the owner of an axe every bit as good if not better than the example in the Barbier-Mueller. I will show more of it when I have it.
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Congrats
A very nice example ![]() Lew |
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Its here but did suffer in the shipping. The figure had broken at the feet
![]() ![]() http://holmes.anthropology.museum/asmat/axefull.html better link http://www.clarku.edu/~jborgatt/sale...ows260-277.pdf |
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