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Shield

Warrior's shield, made from buttress root that gives it its arcuate shape. There are two holes in the middle at the edge for the purpose of attaching the strap. Nothing is known about the significance of the sublimely carved and contrasting coloured section.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Schild
Dimensions
Width: 530.0 mm
Height: 1300.0 mm
Material/Technique
Colour pigments, Wood
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1699

Provenance and sources

Change of legal title:
Purchase
when
1925
Change of physical control or legal title
where
Melanesia (location/origin)
Papua New Guinea (location/origin)
Sepik (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
who
Speyer, Arthur - Collectors
Assignment to a curated holding:
Oceania

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