Specifications

• Height: 95,5 cm
• Material: wood, pigments, coconut shell
• Position: 
• Gender: 
• Indigenous name: koraibi
• Price realised: € 5.250,-

Provenance

Private collection, Paris; Sotheby’s Paris, 4-12-2019, lot 60.

Publications

Ref.: Schefold, Reimar (2017), Toys for the Souls; Evans, Bill (2019), War Art and Ritual, 128-131; Tavarelli, Andrew (ed.)(1995), Protection Power and Display, 35, no 13 and 50 no 14.

Additional information

Interesting detail is the appearance of an anthropomorphic figure at the lower end of the shield rendered in the traditional-archaic manner with upheld arms and raised legs.

Photo credits

Sotheby’s Paris