Massim Axe

Massim region, Papua New Guinea, 19th/early 20th c.

Carved wood with natural fibers

L: 31.25” W: 15” (81.9 x 38.1 cm)

$2,400.00

 
 

A fine Massim axe with a handle in the form of a frigate bird.

REFERENCES

Friede, John, John Bigelow Taylor, and Dianne Dubler. New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the

Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede. Vol. 1. San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of

San Francisco in association with 5 Continents Editions, 2005, p. 455, fig. 425.

Phelps, Steven. Art and Artefacts of the Pacific, Africa and the Americas:

The James Hooper Collection. London: Hutchinson, 1975, p. 233, pl. 128.