Shield "jamasj" · Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), Asmat · ID: 3038710
sold
EUR 1,000
Provenance
Ketterer, Munich, 26.06.1987, lot 440Robert Zink, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Size
H: 180 cm
B: 55 cm
H: 70.9 inch
B: 21.7 inch
Description
wood (root of a tree or mangrove wood), red ochre, charcoal, lime, the front carved with a stylized mirror-image motif, possibly representing an ancestor, phallic symbol “cemen” on the upper rim, at half height drilled holes with remains of plant fibre at each side, slightly dam., abrasion of paint, water spots, fine cracks
Comparing literature
Konrad, Gunter & Ursula, u.a., Asmat, Glashütten 1981, p. 43 ff.