Shield "jamasj" ·  Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), Asmat · ID: 3038710

Description

wood (root of a tree or mangrove wood), red ochre, charcoal, lime, the front carved with a stylized mirror-image motif, possibly representing an ancestor, phallic symbol “cemen” on the upper rim, at half height drilled holes with remains of plant fibre at each side, slightly dam., abrasion of paint, water spots, fine cracks

Littérature comparée

Konrad, Gunter & Ursula, u.a., Asmat, Glashütten 1981, p. 43 ff.