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Lot 265

Five Daggers, Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea

11 November 2019, 15:00 EST
New York

US$3,000 - US$5,000

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Five Daggers, Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea

lengths 10 to 16in (25.5 to 40.5cm)

Provenance
Richard I.M. Kelton Collection, Marina del Rey, California

Each chiseled obsidian blade inserted into a wood handle with natural pigment decoration distinctive to the Admiralty Islands.

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