A 19th Century New Guinea Dark Stained Wood Dance Paddle
. 1 - Chips to the tip of the head, the butt is broken with pieces missing.2 - Fine cracks to blade and bruising to the swollen head.
A 19th Century New Guinea Dark Stained Wood Dance Paddle, the elongated leaf shape blade carved with panels of chequering and fluting, the cylindrical haft with similarly carved pierced butt - broken, 138cm; a Late 19th/Early 20th Century Shona Axe, Zimbabwe, the slender crescent shape steel blade with flat tang inserted into the swollen head of the tapering cylindrical haft, 82cm (2)
The Martin Millmore Collection
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. 1 - Chips to the tip of the head, the butt is broken with pieces missing.2 - Fine cracks to blade and bruising to the swollen head.
A 19th Century New Guinea Dark Stained Wood Dance Paddle, the elongated leaf shape blade carved with panels of chequering and fluting, the cylindrical haft with similarly carved pierced butt - broken, 138cm; a Late 19th/Early 20th Century Shona Axe, Zimbabwe, the slender crescent shape steel blade with flat tang inserted into the swollen head of the tapering cylindrical haft, 82cm (2)
The Martin Millmore Collection