Stone mace-head
Papua-Neuguinea
thin wooden shaft with dark brown patina, crowned by a flat «flower-shaped» mace-head, pierced in the middle, applied with radial notches and a recessed rim, fixed by square rotan cuffs and strings aside, the heavy stone dyed in red, the cuffs showing residues of black paint; because of the delicate shaft surely used for pure ritual purposes.
L: 39 cm

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