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Ceremonial axe
Neu Britannien

wood, blackish brown patina, kaolin, oval shaft, paddle-shaped flattened at the base, both sides carved in flat relief, showing a stylized human face, trimmed on top for mortising an iron axe blade, dam., rubbed off paint and traces of weathering on the paddle-formed end, axe blade missing
L: 96 cm, (5010/001)

Provenance:
Coll. J. Schotte, Gent, Belgium

Ceremonial axe
Neu Britannien

wood, blackish brown patina, kaolin, oval shaft, paddle-shaped flattened at the base, both sides carved in flat relief, showing a stylized human face, trimmed on top for mortising an iron axe blade, dam., rubbed off paint and traces of weathering on the paddle-formed end, axe blade missing
L: 96 cm, (5010/001)

Provenance:
Coll. J. Schotte, Gent, Belgium