War shield

Papua New Guinea - Middle Ramu River, Josephstaal area

Provenance	Size	Starting price / estimated price
Lempertz, Brussels, 29 January 2020, Lot 263	M: 21.3 inch x 9.4 inch	This object is not available anymore.

wood, pigments, plant fibre,
A comparable shield from the Josephstaal area illustrated in Beran and Craig, 2005, p. 109, Fig. 4.45.

Beran, Harry & Barry Craig (ed.), Shields of Melanesia, Honolulu 2005, p. 109, Fig. 4.45 Conru, Kevin, Oceanic Shields, Brussels 2006, ill. 15