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FINE EARLY MT. HAGEN CEREMONIAL AXE, HIGHLANDS, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
FINE EARLY MT. HAGEN CEREMONIAL AXE, HIGHLANDS, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
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FINE EARLY MT. HAGEN CEREMONIAL AXE, HIGHLANDS, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
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Description:

Fine early Mt. Hagen ceremonial axe, highlands, Papua New Guinea. Carved hardwood with stone blade attached by natural fibres. This stone axe comes from Mount Hagen area, a high plateau in the western highlands of Papua New Guinea. It is a ceremonial axe, a type of axe used mainly as a show of wealth and used at important rituals.

    Provenance:
  • John Magers Collection, Sydney.
    • Dimensions:
  • Approx L56 x 57cm.
    • Exhibited:
  • 930
    • Literature:
  • Decorative Art
    • Medium:
  • Ethnographic & Indigenous Artifacts
    • Circa:
  • Pacific Islands

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