War shield "yamasj" · Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), Asmat · ID: 3045807
sold
EUR 500
Size
H: 168 cm
B: 52 cm
H: 66.1 inch
B: 20.5 inch
Description
wood (root of a tree or mangrove wood), red ochre, charcoal, lime, original crowning (presumably with phallus symbol “cemen”) missing, remains of painting on the back
The object War shield “yamasj” with the object ID 3045807 was last part of the auction 92nd Tribal Art Auction at June 29, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 4 achieved a sales price of EUR 500.
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