War shield · Papua New Guinea - East Sepik Province - Wogamush / April river area, Biaka · ID: 3050501
sold
EUR 2,500
Provenance
Klaus Kalz, Berlin, GermanySize
H: 166 cm
H: 65.4 inch
Description
wood, pigments, rattan,
An almost identical shield collected in Wogamush village, published in Beran & Craig, “Shields of Melanesia”, Honolulu 2005, p. 83, fig. 4.14.
The object War shield with the object ID 3050501 was last part of the auction 102nd Auction at April 13, 2024 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 14 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,500.
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