War shield ·  Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), Asmat · ID: 3036992

Description

mangrove wood, brown patina, painted with red, white and black pigment, oval compartment in the centre decorated with flying fox figures in bas-relief, geometrical patterns running around the rim, the stylized face on top depicting a stingray “puru”, pierced rim for attachment of decorating tufts of sago leaf strips, carved handle backside, slightly dam., missing parts at the rim (above all right hand side and on top), rep., abrasion of paint

Comparing literature

Smidt, Dirk, Asmat Art, Leiden 1993, p. 81, ill. 7.16