Specifications

• Height: 33 cm
• Material: wood, pigment, bamboo
• Position:
• Gender:
• Indigenous name: papatn, utap

Provenance

Thomas Murray, Mill Valley, archive nr. 10939

Publications

Additional information

It seems to be a special feature of Land Dayak (West Kalimantan and Sarawak) shields to incorporate antrhopomorphic figures or heads carved in relief on their shields.

Photo credits

Thomas Murray Asiatica – Ethnographica, Mill Valley, California