War shield, hatchet and spear ·  Philippines · ID: 3033656

Description

war shield, Ifugao, light-weighted wood, painted in black, h: 97 cm, two cut-outs on the upper rim, central bulge, carved handle on the back, rattan strings for decoration, dam., paint rubbed off, traces of insect caused damage; hatchet with broad blade and thorn-like projection, the shaft made of wood and iron, l: 43 cm, slightly dam., crack; lance with wooden shaft and a blade in shape of a fish-head, iron nozzle at the base, Bontok, l: 148 cm

The object War shield, hatchet and spear with the object ID 3033656 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 1.

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Comparing literature

Anderson, Eric Moltzau, In the shape of tradition, Leiden 2010, ill. 671 f., ill. 633 f., ill. 623