War shield · Papua New Guinea - Highlands, Simbai Valley · ID: 3038339
sold
EUR 1,000
Provenance
collected in situ in Goroka (eastern Highlands) in 1969 by Nicolaas Biegman, who worked as a secretary at the Dutch Embassy in Canberra, Australia.Size
H: 116 cm
B: 63 cm
H: 45.7 inch
B: 24.8 inch
Description
hardwood, greyish brown patina, rounded rims on top and at the bottom, bumpy surface, incised lattice design, forming a large diamond-shaped motiv in the centre, triangles around the rim, cord handle for support, dam., missing parts (rim), cracks, abrasion of paint, traces of old age
Comparing literature
Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, p. 306, ill. 338