Description
Ceremonial axe, Solomon Islands Wood, mother-of-pearl and iron H. 134 cm Ceremonial axe, Solomon Islands H. 52 ¾ in Provenance: - Former Walter Bondy Collection, France (1880 - 1940) Superb axe with long brown wooden handle decorated with mother-of-pearl inlays. The iron blade is framed at its base by two anthropomorphic figures. Adorned with geometric motifs finely formed by the mother-of-pearl setting, the black and white contrasting with elegance.
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Ceremonial axe, Solomon Islands Wood, mother-of-pearl and iron H. 134 cm Ceremonial axe, Solomon Islands H. 52 ¾ in Provenance: - Former Walter Bondy Collection, France (1880 - 1940) Superb axe with long brown wooden handle decorated with mother-of-pearl inlays. The iron blade is framed at its base by two anthropomorphic figures. Adorned with geometric motifs finely formed by the mother-of-pearl setting, the black and white contrasting with elegance.
