An Asmat shield

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An Asmat shield
of tall rectangular form, the front carved in high relief with scrolling ornament painted with white and reddish brown pigment, a mask carved at the top and a head on cylindrical neck projecting above, fibre tassels at the sides -- 1m.86cm. high
Provenance
van Hoogstraaten, Amsterdam, 1965

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