Old Papua Guinea Abelam Carved Dagger
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:44901505 | Original/Reproduction: Original |
| Era: 1900's | Originating Region: Papua New Guinea |
| Product Type: Dagger | Provenance: Abelam Sepik District |
| Material: Ox Bone |
Old Papua NewGuinea Abelam Carved Ox Bone Dagger…wonderful aged patinaOld Papua New Guinea Sepik River Abelam Carved OxBone Dagger, beautiful collectionpiece with lots of detail and a wonderful patina… Could it be human / longpig…? Please see detail photoswhich form part of the description… LNG/C The measurements are Size: 31 cm High X 4.3 cm Deep @ Head X 5 cm Wide @ HeadPlease email me with any questions or for a delivery quote&n...bsp;…or pick up fromMiranda in Sydney South International Buyers emailme for a Shipping Quote Return PolicyIt is very important to me that you are happy with your purchase;if for any reason you are not, please contact me immediately, before leavingfeedback, so I may have a chance to rectify the problem. We cannot fix aproblem we do not know about. We strive for straight A+ and all 5’s in ourfeedback and will bend over backwards to achieve this. Any idem that isnot as described or any idem that arrives damaged will be refunded. Weship by Australian registered and insured post or by Ego Courier’s. Ihave many regular and happy customers and hope that you will also become one ofthem. NOTE Many of the items for sale at Jim’s International Bazaar werecollected by Jim on his around the world adventures as an author, photojournalist and photographer. They include Turkish rugs, copper andbrass, and artifacts from China, NewGuinea, Africa and South America. These things are from his privet collection, none were bought for thepurpose of reselling but rather to decorate his home. Many new itemswill be listed as they are unpacked from storage along with a wonderful collection of photographic prints includingmany wildlife photos and prints of tigers photographed in China. ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER James Anderson is an internationally renowned photojournalist and adventurer, with two major photographic books (New Guinea & Cannibal), plus covers andmajor spreads in a whole host of internationally prestigious magazines fromLife International to The Geographic and Argosy. He's been shipwrecked in the Pacific, wrestled camels in Turkey, and scoured the New Guinea Highlands in search of missing American heir andadventurer Michael Rockefeller. He has also lived and worked in thejungles of NewGuinea forover two years while collecting material for his books and records. A blue-water yachtsman, he sailed his own 60ft yacht, the"Moana Vahine", from Hong Kong to Southern Turkey, down the SouthChina Sea, across the Indian Ocean, and up the full length of the Red Sea, viaSingapore, Panang, Sri lanki, The Maldive Islands, and French Djibouti. An aviddiver and spear fisherman, he mounted a series of diving expeditions in The Maldive Islands and The Red Sea. In addition to several years in NewGuinea, he has organized and/or participated inphotographic expeditions in Kenya and Tanzania, in Brazil and Columbia, in Turkey and some of the more remote islands ofthe south pacific. "On board the forty-foot ketch, the"Marquesa", we were the first yacht to visit the remote island of UaPou, in the Marquesas in almost two years.
