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THB20th C. Papua New Guinea Wanuma Wood Shield, ex-Museum
Lot 129
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Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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South Pacific, Papua New Guinea, Wanuma, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A wooden shoulder shield of an elongated rectangular form with a convex front and rounded corners, expertly carved with three stylized anthropomorphic visages and one zoomorphic face at its base. Presented as four registers, each face is separated by a decorativeband of ovals, which also caps the piece. Three of the faces appear to burst with energy, displaying large enthusiastic smiles, target-shaped eyes, pointed noses with dried grass septum ornaments, and triangular ears, enveloped in spikes, perhaps to represent fur. The base of the piece exhibits a visage with annular nostrils on an ovoid snout, a pair of egg-shaped eyes under pointed ears, and a spiked stripe falling down the snout, dividing the face vertically. Adorned in hues of beige, brown, and light orange, the prow additionally features russet-hued dried grass ornaments, which are tied to six apertures along two sides. Size: 11.5" W x 71.125" H (29.2 cm x 180.7 cm)
A rectangular wooden stake with a woven vegetal fiber grass basket sits at the top of this fine example. The verso is equipped with a handle formed from two paralell strips of wood tied together with vegetal fiber.
Provenance: ex-Thompson Collection, Florida, USA, 1980's; ex-Museum, Gainesville, Florida, USA , acquired in 1990, accession number AC09.1.55
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#159399Liberal remains of grass ornaments. Some light nicks and scratches from age and use. Stable surface fissure to top left side. Otherwise, very nice with excellent remaining pigment.Condition
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