War shield

Papua New Guinea - Southern Highlands Province, Mendi

sold EUR 600

Provenance

Alexander Kubetz, Munich, Germany

Size

H: 128,5 cm

B: 40,5 cm

H: 50.6 inch

B: 15.9 inch

Description

wood, lime, red ochre, application of the colour pigments in a thick encrusted layer, original repairs

Beran, Harry & Barry Craig (ed.), Shields of Melanesia, Honolulu 2005, p. 134, Fig. 5.18

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