Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art - 24 March 2010 | Melbourne
Lot 240
Oceanic Artefacts
CENTRAL Highlands, Papua
New Guinea
A WAR SHIELD
New Guinea
carved hardwood with black
and white pigment, woven
rattan fibres with native rope
handle and cassowary feather
ornaments secured with
finely woven belt strip
149.0 cm height
Estimate:
$800 - 1,200
Lot sold: $1,200 (inc. BP)
Lot Details
Description
Oceanic Artefacts
CENTRAL Highlands, Papua
New Guinea
A WAR SHIELD
New Guinea
carved hardwood with black
and white pigment, woven
rattan fibres with native rope
handle and cassowary feather
ornaments secured with
finely woven belt strip
149.0 cm height
Provenance
Private collection, Sydney