Stone mace-head
Papua-Neuguinea
wooden shaft, with a blackish brown patina, circular in cross-section, crowned by a massive mace-head with «flower-shaped» rim, fixed by square rotan cuffs, enclosing the stone on top and at the bottom, closely tied together by rotan strings aside, thus fixing the stone to the shaft, traces of red pigment on stone and cuffs
L: 36 cm

Provenance:
Coll. Ernst Heinrich, Stuttgart, Germany
Private Collection, Germany