War shield ·  Papua New Guinea - Highlands, Simbai Valley · ID: 3033665

Description

wood, greyish brown patina, slightly vaulted, with a bumpy surface, a stylized six-winged butterfly carved in low relief on the front, plaited plant fibre for support, dam., cracks, missing parts, traces of old age and weathering

Littérature comparée

Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, p. 306, ill. 338