War shield ·  Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Britain, Vitu Islands · ID: 3032988

Description

wood, black paint, red and white pigment, front- and backside with incised flat decor (fish tail motif), carved handle backside, enforced to the front, slightly dam.

Littérature comparée

Menter, Ulrich, Ozeanien - Kult und Visionen, München, Berlin, London, New York 2003, ill. 120

Exposition

Auct. Cat., Dave DeRoche, San Francisco, Art of Africa Oceania and the Americas, 30 September 1995, Lot 84