Zemanek-Münster

Ceremonial shield ·  Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Britain - Kilenge, Ongola Village · ID: 3034458

sold EUR 1,000
Provenance
Müller Collection, Austria (acquired from a local village elder in Ongola, New Britain in the early 1950’s)
Dione van Hal, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Size
H: 95 cm
B: 18 cm
H: 37.4 inch
B: 7.1 inch

Description

light-weighted wood, natural pigments, the corpus tripartite, decorated with incised patterns (classical spiral motifs, zigzag pattern) and a superimposed mask face, carved handle on the back, drilled holes at the rim for attachment of plant fibre tufts and feathers, slightly dam., cracks (above all backside, a crack through the whole length spread with mass), traces of old age, socle


The object Ceremonial shield with the object ID 3034458 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 40 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.

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