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Shield
The shield is made of relatively soft wood and has a recessed handle on the back of the shield boss. The painting shows stylized faces as well as highly abstract depictions of birds on both sides of the boss. The usual braiding or wrapping with rattan strips used to reinforce the shield is now only present in remnants, and the original feather decoration is also largely damaged. Text: Ulrich Menter
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Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
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Cultural attribution
Sulka
Object type
Schild
Dimensions
Breite: 40 cm, Höhe: 140 cm, Tiefe: 13.5
cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Rotang, Pigments
, Spring
carved, painted
carved, painted
Current location
Linden-Museum
Stuttgart
Inventory number
014345
Provenance and sources
when
around 1900 or earlier
where
East 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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