War shield "jamasj" · West New Guinea / West Papua (Irian Jaya), Asmat · ID: 3051977
sold
EUR 1,000
Provenance
Jean Paul Deslypere, Belsele, BelgiumSize
H: 158 cm
B: 57 cm (widest part)
H: 62.2 inch
B: 22.4 inch (widest part)
Description
mangrove wood, red ochre, lime,
The stylised face at the top represents the stingray “puru”, the corpus carries emblems that are related to head hunting (flying fox “tar” and “bipane” motifs).
The object War shield “jamasj” with the object ID 3051977 was part of the auction Auction 104 on April 12, 2025. The object with the lot number 132 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000 with an asking price of EUR 600.
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