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THB19th C. Admiralty Islands Obsidian Knife (Gudom)
Lot 98c
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Featuring historical examples from the American, Spanish, and Mexican frontiers, as well as Native American, Ethnographic, Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, more. All items offered for sale have been legally acquired, are legal to sell and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Admiralty Islands, Manus Province, ca. 19th century CE. A rare obsidian-bladed knife (known locally as a gudom or katjo) with a paranarium nut resin handle colored with earthy red, charcoal, and lime powder pigment. The knapped blade bulges outward on one face and features extremely sharp peripheral edges. The resinous handle wraps around one end of the blade and exhibits a soft texture that facilitates its grip. Incised linear and triangular motifs decorate both sides of the handle. Size: 9.8" L x 2.25" W (24.9 cm x 5.7 cm); 7.8" H (19.8 cm) on included custom stand.
For a stylistically similar example, please see The British Museum, museum number Oc1928,0314.54
For another stylistically similar example with a figural handle, please see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 1978.412.752
Provenance: ex-private Lissauer collection, Sydney, Australia, acquired in 2017
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#154523Repairs to handle at tip and areas of upper shoulder, with small chips and light adhesive residue along break lines, and resurfacing with overpainting along repair to tip. Minor nicks to blade commensurate with knapping and use, with fading to original handle pigment, a few stable hairline fissures to handle, and light encrustations. Nice earthen deposits throughout and remains of pigment on handle.Condition
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