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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. A braid or wrapping with rattan strips also serves to strengthen the shield. Text: Ulrich Menter
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- Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde Show original at data provider
Cataloguing data
- Cultural attribution
- Sulka
- Object type
- Schild
- Dimensions
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Length: 116.5 cm
Width: 34.5 cm
Depth: 13 cm - Material/Technique
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Pigment, Wood, Rotang
carved, Cord, painted
- Current location
- Linden-Museum Stuttgart
- Inventory number
- 013598
Provenance and sources
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Assignment to a curated holding:
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Production
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when
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before 1900
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Change of physical control or legal title
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where
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East New Britain Province
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Change of physical control
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when
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1901
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- Provenance
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The Linden
Museum received this shield in 1901 as a gift from Rudolf von Bennigsen
(1859-1912). Bennigsen was the first governor of the colony of German
New Guinea from 1899-1901. The previous acquisition history of this
object is currently unknown. Text: Ulrich
Menter
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- Legal status metadata
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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