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A New Guinea war shield, April river, Sepik region, Papua New…
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Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
14-Oct-2018
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Description:
A New Guinea war shield, April river, Sepik region, Papua New Guinea, c.1950s, with vibrant design incised into face and decorated with natural earth pigments. Provenance: Carl Shipman collection Carl Shipman was an astute Australian collector of Aboriginal &Oceanic material in the 1960s. He was a self published author on the subject, parts of his collection are in the National Museum of Victoria and National Gallery of Australia, La Trobe University Ethnographic collection and Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel private collection, Melbourne, height 148 cm
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Category:
Tribal: New Guinean