Rare Antique Oceanic Papua New Guinea Carved Chieftain\'s War Club Paddle
When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.
Rare Antique Oceanic Papua New Guinea Carved Chieftain\'s War Club Paddle:
$2000.00
var itemNumber = window.ItemID ? window.ItemID : -1; function passpara(){return + itemNumber + \'&baseurl=\'+escape((function(){var d = return d })());}
eclecticmuseum Store
function passparaSC(){return \'&baseurl=\'+ escape((function(){var d = return d })()) +
Rare Antique Oceanic Papua New Guinea Carved Chieftain\'s War Club Paddle a.imagelink {color:#405953;} a:hover.imagelink {color:#405953;} a:visited.imagelink {color:#c5a774;} a.imagelink img.saleimage { border: 2px solid #405953; } a:visited.imagelink img.saleimage { border: 2px solid #c5a774; }
An extremely fine authentic Antique Oceanic Papua New Guinea large war club or ceremonial war paddle made of a dark brown hardwood rising from a rounded shaft, and flaring to an elongated leaf shaped spatulate blade, each side carved in low relief with a characteristic for this region stylized faces of typical elongated form with large sagittate nose, circular eyes, and crescent shaped lips, the finial of the shaft bountifully carved with the head of an Alligator.
It was made by very primitive stone tools, as determined by the irregular marks left on the surface of the wood.
Condition: In good condition except for the broken tip of the leaf. The wood has a beautiful old natural glossy patina.
PROVENANCE: From an old Canadian collection of Tribal Art acquired by the owner\'s grandfather before WWII.
DIMENSIONS: Overall length: 213.5 cm (84.5 in). Length of the blade: 50.8 cm (20 in).Width of the blade 14 cm (5 1/2 in).
ITEM NUMBER: T49
PayPal and Bank Transfer
International Shipping Costs will be calculated after the sale based on the purchaser address.
Items will be shipped within 3 business days of receiving payment via Canada Post 7 day delivery, Express Post 4 business day delivery or by request UPS, FedEx.
All items are guaranteed to be authentic antiques, and not reproductions. All our artifacts are accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. We provide a full money return guarantee if a state museum judges the artifact to be non-authentic.
Our business HUNDRED & ONE ANTIQUES is based on a long family tradition of collecting fine European and Oriental Antiques and Art, with a special interest in Antique Arms and Armour. We have been involved in antique trading since 1970.
Thank you for taking the time to contact us
Hundred and One Antiques
Rare Antique Oceanic Papua New Guinea Carved Chieftain\'s War Club Paddle:
$2000.00