Kanak Prestige Axe, New Caledonia

Kanak Prestige Axe
New Caledonia
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Height: 19 ¼ in (48.9 cm)

Condition Report:
Very good condition overall with wear consistent with age, use, and handling. Some minor, marks, nicks, chips, scratches, and abrasions to the wood handle. Older loss at the top of blade and some very minor nicks to the edges of the blade, as partially visible in the catalogue illustration. Some losses to the blue fabric that covers the handle, and some losses and breaks to the fiber binding, again as partially visible in the catalogue illustrations.

Provenance:
Charles-Wesley Hourdé, Paris
Abraham Rosman and Paula Rubel, New York, acquired from the above in May 2008