Tribal Art and Ethnographica Catalogue


Object Type: Shields (16 Items)

A traditional Highlands war shield
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Title: A traditional Highlands war shield
Item Code: bb44
Description: A traditional Highlands war shield of beaten sheet metal, the convex interior with pierced apex; decorated with polychrome trade paint, pierced fro grip attachment at rear.
Origin: Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Dimensions: Height: 160.0 cm / width: 82.0 cm
Condition: Good condition
Price: AUD $4,500.00 USD $3,960.00 EUR €2,700.00
Status: Available
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A Southern Highlands shield.
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Title: A Southern Highlands shield.
Item Code: t6098
Description: A Southern Highlands shield. Decorated in red, white and black trade paint with diamond design. Rope handle on reverse
Origin: Southern Highlands, New Guinea
Dimensions: Height: 132.5 cm / width: 37.0 cm
Condition: Weathered patina with some old loss and spear punctures, and old repair.
Price: AUD $1,500.00 USD $1,320.00 EUR €900.00
Status: Available
Rwandan wooden shield with geometric design, Tutsi, Africa
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Title: Rwandan wooden shield with geometric design, Tutsi, Africa
Item Code: t6146
Description: Rwandan wooden shield with geometric design; remnant earth pigments.
Origin: Tutsi tribe, Rwanda
Dimensions: Height: 68.0 cm / width: 24.0 cm
Condition: Minor loss evident.
Price: AUD $970.00 USD $853.60 EUR €582.00
Status: Available
Rwandan wooden shield with geometric design, Tutsi, Africa
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Title: Rwandan wooden shield with geometric design, Tutsi, Africa
Item Code: t6147
Description: Rwandan wooden shield with geometric design; remnant earth pigments.
Origin: Tutsi tribe, Rwanda
Dimensions: Height: 73.0 cm / width: 28.0 cm
Condition: Minor loss evident.
Price: AUD $1,100.00 USD $968.00 EUR €660.00
Status: Available
Rwandan wooden shield with geometric design, Tutsi, Africa
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Title: Rwandan wooden shield with geometric design, Tutsi, Africa
Item Code: t6148
Description: Rwandan wooden shield with geometric design; remnant earth pigments.
Origin: Tutsi tribe, Rwanda
Dimensions: Height: 42.0 cm / width: 16.0 cm
Price: AUD $750.00 USD $660.00 EUR €450.00
Status: Available
An old Naga headhunter mithun hide shield
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Title: An old Naga headhunter mithun hide shield
Item Code: t3935
Description: An old Naga headhunter mithun hide shield, decorated with dyed goat hair and with remnant white pigmented designs. Encrusted patina.
Origin: Konyak group, Nagaland, northeastern India.
Dimensions: Height: 91 cm
Price: AUD $1,450.00 USD $1,276.00 EUR €870.00
Status: Available
A Konyak Naga rain shield
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Title: A Konyak Naga rain shield
Item Code: t3932
Description: A Naga headhunter rain shield, made of interwoven cain and fiber.
Origin: Konyak group, Nagaland, northeastern India.
Dimensions: Height: 83 cm x Width: 44cm
Condition: Encrusted patina.
Price: AUD $550.00 USD $484.00 EUR €330.00
Status: Available
A Konyak Naga rain shield
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Title: A Konyak Naga rain shield
Item Code: t3923
Description: A Naga headhunter rain shield, made of interwoven cain.
Origin: Konyak group, Wakching villiage Nagaland, northeastern India.
Dimensions: Height: 66 cm x Width: 53 cm
Condition: Encrusted patina.
Price: AUD $750.00 USD $660.00 EUR €450.00
References: The Nagas Page 33
Status: Available
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Item Code: t6145
Description: Arawe three panel wooden shield decorated with red, white and black pigments and bound with cane.
Ex-P. Sims Collection, Newcastle. Collected 1970.
Origin: New Britain
Dimensions: Height: 130.0 cm / width: 27.0 cm
Price: AUD $750.00 USD $660.00 EUR €450.00
Status: Available
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Item Code: t6107
Description: A Southern Highlands shield.
Decorated in red, white and black trade paint with diamond design and pecked motif; two white spots with applied lime.
Rope handle on reverse
Weathered patina with some old loss to the top edge and old repair.
Origin: Southern Highlands, New Guinea
Dimensions: Height: 141 cm / Width: 46 cm
Price: AUD $1,750.00 USD $1,540.00 EUR €1,050.00
Status: Available
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