War shield

Reference : 2058

War shield

Wood, pigments
Dimensions: Height: 1.42 m / Width: 0.55 m
Presumed date of origin: Circa 1930
Western Highlands province
Papua New Guinea Provenance:
– Former Chris Boylan collection, Sydney.
– The JOLIKA collection of Marcia & John Friede.

Rye, New York.

Literature:
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. De Young. 2017
New Guinea Highlands. Art From the Jolika Collection
Reproduced on page 134, Illus. 6.25

More details

This ancient war shield originated in the Jimi River Valley.
It is extremely rare to find a human figure on an old Western Highland shield.
The figure, with its outline highlighted in white and outlined with dotted lines, is painted red, a color that on shields can communicate victory and vengeance.

Price: 15.000€

Sold without base.

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