Tribal Art & Antiquities - 22nd September 2020

Lot 454

A Highlands shield Papua New Guinea with ribbed outlines and a forked top

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £750

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Description

A Highlands shield

Papua New Guinea

with ribbed outlines and a forked top, with a fibre handle,

130.5cm high,

Provenance

De Belfond Collection, Limoges, France.

Field collected by De Belfond during an expedition in the 1950's/60's.

Exhibited

Musee des Arts d'Afrique et Oceanie, Paris, 1994.