Specifications

• Height: 142 cm
• Material: wood, pigments
• Position:
• Gender:
• Indigenous name: kelebit, kliau
• Price realised: € 3.400,- hp

Provenance

Private Dutch collection; De Zwaan, Amsterdam 17-11-2020, lot 3334.

Publications

Ref.: Evans, Bill (2019), War Art & Ritual. Shields from the Pacific 1, pp 106-107

Exhibitions

Additional information

The depiction of a seated full human figure brings this shield in the domain of a Kenyah Dayak aristocrat, and the function as a dance shield. According to Heppell the painter had more freedom in execution of the usual motifs.

Photo credits

De Zwaan, Amsterdam