Shield ·  Papua New Guinea - East Sepik Province, Angoram · ID: 3046474

Description

wood, pigments, plant fibre, front side dam. (combat traces), repainted

Very heavy shield made of solid wood. The decorative grass fibre cuff preserved on one side. Carved struts on the backside with two handles of bamboo cane with original rotan binding.

The object Shield with the object ID 3046474 was last part of the auction 94th Tribal Art Auction at March 7, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 2 achieved a sales price of EUR 900.

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