War shield · Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipel - New Britain - Arawe · ID: 3053169
Koren Schlomo, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Guy van Rijn, Brussels, Belgium
Private Collection, Amstelven, The Netherlands
Description
wood / three-part, rattan, pigments, original binding, carved handle worked into the reverse, handwritten inventory number applied on the back: “27.585”
Typical shield composed of three adjoining wooden planks, carved in relief on the front and painted on the reverse, joined together with rattan strips. The incised decoration features four pairs of concentric circles, separated by two compartments filled with vertical zigzag motifs.
The object War shield with the object ID 3053169 was part of the auction Auction 106 on April 25, 2026, lot number 158 at that time and is currently available for EUR 3,000 in Open sale.
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Comparing literature
Heermann, Ingrid (Hg.), Form, Farbe, Phantasie, Stuttgart 2001, p. 153 & 161, ill. 97