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War shield, Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipel - New Britain - Arawe, Size: H: 132 cm B: 28,5 cm (H: 52.0 inch B: 11.2 inch), ID: 3043985
War shield, Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipel - New Britain - Arawe, Size: H: 132 cm B: 28,5 cm (H: 52.0 inch B: 11.2 inch), ID: 3043985 - 2/6 War shield, Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipel - New Britain - Arawe, Size: H: 132 cm B: 28,5 cm (H: 52.0 inch B: 11.2 inch), ID: 3043985 - 3/6 War shield, Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipel - New Britain - Arawe, Size: H: 132 cm B: 28,5 cm (H: 52.0 inch B: 11.2 inch), ID: 3043985 - 4/6 War shield, Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipel - New Britain - Arawe, Size: H: 132 cm B: 28,5 cm (H: 52.0 inch B: 11.2 inch), ID: 3043985 - 5/6 War shield, Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipel - New Britain - Arawe, Size: H: 132 cm B: 28,5 cm (H: 52.0 inch B: 11.2 inch), ID: 3043985 - 6/6
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Lot 43
89th Tribal Art Auction

War shield ·  Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipel - New Britain - Arawe · ID: 3043985

sold EUR 700
Provenance
Holger Braun, Aschaffenburg, Germany
Size
H: 132 cm
B: 28,5 cm
H: 52.0 inch
B: 11.2 inch

Description

wood/tripartite, natural colours, rattan,

Typical shape with sixteen concentric circles arranged in pairs. Designed to dazzle and confuse the viewer, giving the wearer a psychological advantage in combat.

The object War shield with the object ID 3043985 was last part of the auction 89th Tribal Art Auction at July 7, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 43 achieved a sales price of EUR 700.

You can find more Shields and other popular object types on our related topic pages. You may also be interested in our page on Oceanian art.

Comparing literature

Heermann, Ingrid (Hg.), Form, Farbe, Phantasie, Stuttgart 2001, ill. 96 f.

Oceania
Shields

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