War shield · Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya) - Digul · ID: 3047814
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Provenance
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The NetherlandsSize
H: 143,5 cm
H: 56.5 inch
Description
wood, lime, red ochre, backside painted with geometrical motifs, rest. (handle)
A very similar specimen in form and decoration, donated to the Australian Museum in Sydney in 1916, illustrated in Beran (2005), p. 163, Fig. 6.11.
The object War shield with the object ID 3047814 was last part of the auction 96th Auction at April 24, 2021 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 84.
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Comparing literature
Beran, Harry & Barry Craig (ed.), Shields of Melanesia, Honolulu 2005, p. 163, Fig. 6.11