War shield "jamasj"
West New Guinea / West Papua (Irian Jaya), Asmat
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).