Lot n° 308
Estimation :
500 - 700
EUR
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Result
: 500EUR
*ASMAT SHIELD - Lot 308
*ASMAT SHIELD
ASMAT PEOPLE, LRIAN JAYA, NEW GUINEA
INDONESIA, MELANESIA.
Wood (giant buttress roots of the mangrove tree) with traditional red, white and black pigments with various lacunae, native repairs and a patina of age and use.
168 x 43 cm.
Ex Asher Eskenazy, Paris; David Rosenchal. Exhibition: Leses Noires.
Ganie le GalPeyouet, Pais, 24/11/1988- 15/01/1989 ?
A very fine war shield decorated with stylized geometry forming three registers of elongated concentric double circles. The decoration is carved in champlevé with raised borders surrounding the color fields. The reverse is plain with a raised structural reinforcement rib running the length of the shield above and below the protruding handle.
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