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A RARE PAPUA NEW GUINEA STONE AXE

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:NA Estimated At:500.00 - 700.00 USD
A RARE PAPUA NEW GUINEA STONE AXE
Auctions Imperial is pleased to announce our 2013 sale, to be held March 16 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Timonium, Maryland. Over 300 lots of choice antique arms and armor including armor, helmets, shields, swords, daggers, battleaxes, maces, halberds, matchlocks, flintlocks and percussion pieces will be offered. Our fine selection for 2013 includes broadswords, baskethilts, shamshirs, shashkas, palas, kindjals, khanjars, tulwars and spears, as well as chain mail and breastplates. This sale will also include important swords and daggers from the Greek War of Independence and the armor of the K...
An excellent example of the Mount Hagen type, the deep gray stone head finely hand-ground, the rattan section well-woven in alternating geometrical motifs with characteristic expanded terminal, the haft a naturally-tapering tree branch. With excellent patina. Beginning of the 20th century. Minor chips to cutting edge. Overall length 59.3 cm
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