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THBPapua-new Guinea war shield.
Lot 553A
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Quinn's Auction Galleries
360 S. Washington Street
Falls Church, VA 22046
United States
Quinn's Auction Galleries is a full service auction and estate services company. We have a range of specialties, from fine art & antiques, to rare books & maps.
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- Lot Description
A war shield. Papua New Guinea, Yuat / Biwat River. 20th century. 72"w x 16 1/2"w.Provenance: From a Private Mid-Western Collection ex. Gary Hendershott, Little Rock.Collection Notes: "Though this war shield is probably more recent than some examples, related shields were collected from the Mundugumor as early as 1912/13 (Berlin expedition), with Margaret Mead collecting a further similar example in the area in 1933/34. These shields are unusually sculptural, with the nose areas of the three faces in this example projecting outward for several inches and all the relief carving being crisply defined."Chris Boylan (personal communication, October 2000) obtained information from Beta Omang of Akuran village that the shield is called pakei. The faces on the shield represent a powerful spirit called Raram and the dentate elements around the eyes represent spears (damvro)" (Harry Beran and Barry Craig, eds., Shields of Melanesia. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2005, p.100).There is slight loss of pigment and some shedding of fibers. The back shows numerous surface abrasions." Heritage Auctions, June 2007, African & Oceanic Art Signature Auction #645, sold for $1,912. Hertitage.com
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