Shield
84-2-16
From: New Guinea | Simbai River
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 84-2-16 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | New Guinea | Simbai River |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Wood | Plant Fiber | Pigment |
Description | Roughly rectangular, with carved decoration consisting of two broad zig-zags down the sides, enclosing a lozenge-shaped area in the center. The broad zig-zags consist of small squares, carved in relief and arrayed in four columns. Holes, through which a braided fiber rope is threaded, at (vertical) center, a bit in from sides. Colored black, with some white in flat ground around carved zig-zags. |
Length | 112 cm |
Width | 44.5 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Benjamin Bernstein, 1984 |
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