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A Superb Ethnographic Kwoma Battle Shield, the cane frame with…
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Sydney
Date:
6-Sep-2009
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Description:
A Superb Ethnographic Kwoma Battle Shield, the cane frame with crocodile hide attached with cane binding complete with coconut shell eyelet guard to the rear, old encrustations, usewear evident,Papua New Guinea, 162 x 77 cm. Provenance: From an Australian collection, ex-collection J Elmslie Note: This shield has been exhibited in the Shields of Oceania exhibition at the Sydney College of the Arts and Arts Society curated by Mr Geoff Carey during the Olympic Arts Festival, September 2000. Also published and illustrated in the seminal publication by the Oceanic Arts Society, Australia; Beran H. and Craig B. 2005, Shields of Melanesia, Crawford House Publishing Australia; p.88. fig.4.23, p.91
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Unclassified