Specifications

• Height: 137 cm.
• Material: wood, pigments
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• Gender:
• Indigenous name:
• Price realised: € 13.000,- hp

Provenance

Collection Verité, Paris; Enchères Rive Gauche, Paris, 17/18-6-2006, lot 312

Publications

Additional information

In the catalogue wrongly attributed to the Asmat, this shield hails from the area east of the Asmat, the Mappi-Digul. It is the kind of shield used by the Awyu.

Photo credits

Enchères Rive Gauche, Paris