War shield ·  Papua New Guinea - Highlands, Simbai Valley · ID: 3033665

Description

wood, greyish brown patina, slightly vaulted, with a bumpy surface, a stylized six-winged butterfly carved in low relief on the front, plaited plant fibre for support, dam., cracks, missing parts, traces of old age and weathering

The object War shield with the object ID 3033665 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 46 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,200.

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Comparing literature

Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, p. 306, ill. 338