Specifications

• Height: 166 cm
• Material: wood, pigments
• Position:
• Gender:

Provenance

Städtisches Museum Braunschweig, inv. nr. 1707-0493-00.

Publications

Haase, Evelin (2004), Die ethnographische Sammlung Herzog Johann Albrechts, Hildesheim etc.: Georg Olms Verlag, page 203, nr 463; Menter, Ulrich (2003), Ozeanien, Kult und VisionenVerborgene Schätze aus deutschen Völkerkundemuseen; Verlemann-Müller; Rolf Müller and Klaus Maaz (2003), ‘Kult und Visionen (Oceania – Cult and Visions)’ in Art Tribal 03: p. 103 nr. 6.

Additional information

This shield along another one and some arrows and spears were acquired by the commander of Dutch Government steamer ‘Valk’ in or around 1906. They were, according to Haase, presented to the duke Albrechts in Sumatra in 1910.

Photo credits

Monika Heidemann, Otto Hoppe