Oceanic: Papua-New Guinea. Upper Sepik watershed, North River. War Shield. Wood, patination, fiber. Height: 62 ½ inches Wid...

Description

Oceanic: Papua-New Guinea
Upper Sepik watershed, North River
War Shield
Wood, patination, fiber
Height: 62 ½ inches Width: 16 7/8 inches

This appears to be a quite old shield which may be stone carved. The closest published examples are in Kunst vom Sepik, volume II, numbers 201 and 204 (Heinz Kelm, Kunst vom Sepik II. Berlin:Museum für Völkerkunde, 1966, nos. 201 and 204). Both shields are listed as from "Dorf an der Lagune unterhalb der Nord-Fluss-Mündung". No collection date is given.
The condition is sound, with wear scars and stains and an insect trail system over the center back.

Provenance:
Greg La Chapelle, Santa Fe
Gary Hendershott, Little Rock



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