A WOOD SHIELD Papua New Guinea

Tall 5'7" Painted wood tribal shield -- Tribal shield, attributed to Papua New Guinea. Some mildew shown, and some base water damage. Measures approx. 5"7" tall x 19" wide x 5" deep. (Book not include

A WOOD SHIELDPapua New Guinea 112,5 x 45 cmProvenance: Italian private collection, purchased in Sidney at the end of the 1990s.

An Abelam Wood Spirit Shield Maprik Region, Papua New Guinea Height 51 inches (129.5 cm). Property of the Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa Provenance: Dorothy Goldberg (1920-2018), gifted 1984.

**Originally Listed At $600** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. mid 20th century CE. A large wooden shield with an overall rectangular composition and finely-carved details that form a symmetrical design

An Oceanic Wood Ancestral Shield Green River Region, Papua New Guinea, Circa 20th Century A.D. Height 56 3/4 inches (144 cm). Property of the Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa Provenance: Doroth

Karem River, Papua New Guinea, carved wood shield, the face or mask standing out 1"-2" in relief, the zigzag designs all over quite extensive and dramatic optically, the back with its shield's handle

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. 20th century CE. A magnificent, carved wooden shield in the form of a mask with an elongated nose that extends down to the form a handle and terminates in a sleek sea bi

Papua New Guinea carved wood shield, 20th Century, Maring people, with large triangular panels of alternating red and white pigment, 4'10''h x 1'8''w

Ramu Shield. Papua New Guinea. Carved wood. Size: 33'' x 9'' x 3.5'' (84 x 23 x 9 cm).

2 Papua New Guinea Shields. Carved wood and pigment. Size: 1) 64.5'' x 14.5'' (164 x 37 cm); 2) 79.5'' x 29'' (202 x 74 cm).

2 Asmat Shields, Papua New Guinea. Carved wood and pigment. Size: 1) 33'' x 10'' x 1'' (84 x 25 x 3 cm); 2) 39'' x 6.5'' x 1'' (99 x 17 x 3 cm). Ex. Collection William and Diane Bousquette, Purchase,

Papua New Guinea Asmat Shield. Carved wood, pigment. Mounted on wooden stand. Size: 69'' x 13'' x 1'', 175 x 33 x 3 cm (shield).

wood, white and black pigment, red and yellow ochre, raised middle ridge, painted with six ancestor spirit heads, plant fibre tassels along rim and through pierced septum (partly missing or brittle),

A Group Of Three Wood Shields. Comprising three carved wood shields painted and decorated with woven plant fibers, from Papua New Guinea Largest shield: 53" x 21"

Lumi Culture Shield, Papua New Guinea, Late 19th/Early 20th C. Carved wood with traditional spiral carved decoration. Provenance: David F. Rosenthal, Art and Artifacts of Oceania, San Francisco. Size:

A carved and painted wooden shield. Papua New Guinea, Sepik River, 20th century. 46 1/2"h. Provenance: The Alvin M. Cohen Collection, Bethesda MD.

**Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik Province, Ramu River region, ca. 19th to 20th century CE. A hefty shield hand-carved from a large wood plank with rounded corners an

Asmat Shield, Papua New Guinea, early/mid 20th c. Carved wood, pigment, plant fiber string and seeds. Flying fox motif. On metal stand. Provenance: Private Collection of Shirley and David Rowen, Bever

Asmat Shield, Papua New Guinea. Wood, Kaolin, Pigment. This shield features abstract geometric carvings painted white on the face, set against a tawny surface. It includes a handle on its back side. M

Asmat Dance Shield, Papua New Guinea, 2nd Half 20th C., with 'praying mantis' headhunting pattern. Carved wood and pigment; On stand. Size: 30.75'' x 8.5'' (78 x 22 cm); Height on Stand: 31" (79 cm).

Papuan Lumi shield Papua New Guinea, late 19th to early 20th centurypainted and carved wood, wicker, enameled steel shield: 37 h x 25 w x 3.5 d in (94 x 63 x 9 cm) stand: 34.25 h x 21 w x 6 d in (

A Waghi Valley war shield, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea.Of classical form, the shield made from a single piece of wood, the surface with two large “X” patterns and painted with oran

Papua New Guinea Lower Sepik Asmat Storyboard War Ceremonial Shield, carved wood and natural pigment a solid piece of wood with carved relief of abstract animal and human motifs with central crocodile

A tall carved wooden shield with raised tribal motifs accented in red organic pigment. Asmat peoples, Irian Jaya, Indonesia / Western Papua New Guinea. The Shield measures 46 inches tall x 11 inches w