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.