African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 15th December 2021
Lot 901
A Highlands shield
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £120
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Description
A Highlands shield
Papua New Guinea
with scored linear decoration, the top with a fibre bound bark edge and with a tapa strap handle, the back with a applied woven fibre bag with pigment decoration,
106.5cm high.
Provenance
Mary-Clare Adam, anthropologist, Honorary Consul of Solomon Islands in Israel.