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Shield
This shield, made of three wooden planks, shows four pairs of concentric circles separated by serrated lines on the front. Another variation of shield decoration among the Arawe consists of a total of 8 pairs of circle motifs arranged one below the other. The reverse side shows more individual patterns, which have their counterparts in the decoration of the barkcloth used as clothing. Text: Ulrich Menter
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Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
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Cultural attribution
Arawe
Object type
Schild
Dimensions
Breite: 33.5 cm, Höhe: 134.5 cm, Tiefe: 9 cm
Material/Technique
Colour, Wood, Rotang
carved, painted
carved, painted
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
014270
Provenance and sources
when
around 1900 or earlier
where
West New Britain Province
when
1901
Provenance
The shield is part of a donation of objects that Bruno Mencke (1877-1901) acquired during a research expedition to the colony of German New Guinea in the years 1900-1901.
Text: Ulrich Menter
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