Shield-shaped stem attachement of a canoe "kaminimbit" ·  Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Rivière Yuat · ID: 3032348

Description

remains of polychrome paint, frame of cane and wooden slats, a small wooden mask in the centre, cassowary feathers around the rim, all parts fixed with rattan, slightly dam., minor missing parts, paint rubbed off;
three cane sticks at the bottom for fixing the shield-shaped ornament to the stem of a canoe. They were only used in war times and should protect the passengers of the boat.

Littérature comparée

Kelm, Heinz, Kunst vom Sepik, Band I, Berlin 1966, ill. 496