A SEPIK PAINTED SHIELD
A SEPIK PAINTED SHIELD

APRIL RIVER, NEW GUINEA

細節
A SEPIK PAINTED SHIELD
April river, New Guinea
Of oval form, a central stylised face carved in high relief surrounted by scrolls, circles and zigzag motifs, the whole coloured black, red and white.
71¼ in. (181 cm.) high
來源
Lemaire Gallery, Amsterdam, 1967

拍品專文

See Kelm, H., Kunst vom Sepik, vol.II, no.159 for a similar shield from the April river.