War shield · Papua New Guinea - Highlands, Simbai Valley · ID: 3033665
sold
EUR 1,200
Provenance
Edward Glauder, Malibu, USASize
H: 90 cm
H: 35.4 inch
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
Comparing literature
Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, p. 306, ill. 338