War shield

Papua New Guinea - Middle Ramu River, Josephstaal area

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Provenance

Lempertz, Brussels, 29 January 2020, Lot 263

Size

M: 54 cm x 24 cm

M: 21.3 inch x 9.4 inch

Description

wood, pigments, plant fibre,
A comparable shield from the Josephstaal area illustrated in Beran and Craig, 2005, p. 109, Fig. 4.45.

Beran, Harry & Barry Craig (ed.), Shields of Melanesia, Honolulu 2005, p. 109, Fig. 4.45 Conru, Kevin, Oceanic Shields, Brussels 2006, ill. 15

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