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War shield ·  Papua New Guinea - Middle Ramu River, Josephstaal area · ID: 3046882

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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.


The object War shield with the object ID 3046882 was last part of the auction Voyage Tribal Art - Live Online Auction at May 23, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 47.

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Comparing literature

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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