Seven-tooth model.
The braided fiber grip with pigment enhancement is topped with feathers.
Black palm, parrot and pigeon feathers, nassa shell,
Yellow and red pigment, blue reckitt, fiber.
Height: 35cm
Early 20th century
Highlands, Eastern Province
Papua New Guinea
Source :
– Marcia & John Friede. The Jolika collection. Rye, New York