Specifications

• Height: 106 cm.
• Material: rattan, bamboo, wood, vine
• Position:
• Gender:
• Indigenous name:
• Price realised: € 2.200,- hp

Provenance

Old Dutch colonial collection, acquired between 1902 and 1928 in Indonesia; thence by family descent; Venduehuis, The Hague 9-9-2021, lot 687.

Publications

Exhibitions

Additional information

These kind of shields were all acquired in the first decennia of the last century. They seem to hail exclusively from Southeast Sulawesi. Elaborately worked wicker shield on bamboo strips.

Photo credits

Arend Velsink/ Venduehuis, The Hague