Shield | Photographer: Axel Killian
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Shield
The shields of the Sulka people with their strikingly expressive designs were used as a form of armour in combat, but were also deployed in celebratory dances. The paintings depict a particular mythical creature known by name to the bearer and owner of the shield, which, alongside the physical protection it afforded its bearer, also protected the warrior from harm.
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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Cultural attribution
Sulka
Object type
Schild
Dimensions
Breite: 370.0 mm, Höhe: 1430.0 mm
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/2067
Provenance and sources
when
01.01.1890 - 31.12.1950
when
10.05.1963
who
Galerie Lemaire, M. L. J. - Sellers
where
New Britain (formerly New Pomerania) (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
Melanesia (location/origin)
Papua New Guinea (location/origin)
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