Unknown
(Papua New Guinea)
- Title
- Shield and arrows with bilum bag
- Place of origin
-
Wonenara →
Obura-Wonenara District →
Eastern Highlands Province →
Papua New Guinea
- Cultural origin
- Baruya people
- Year
- collected 1966
- Media category
- Arms & armour
- Materials used
- carved wood, 2-ply plant fibre looped bilum arrow holder, 23 carved wood arrows with red pigment, brown dye and lashed with cane and yellow orchid stem, red ochre, black and white pigments, cane, decoration of white and yellow feathers, leaves and dried everlasting flowers
- Dimensions
-
90.0 x 42.5cm overall:
a - Shield with bilum; 90cm (35 7/16"); approx.
a - Shield with bilum; 42.5cm (16 3/4"); approx.
- Credit
- Gift of Stan Moriarty 1978
- Accession number
- 258.1978
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (2)
-
'Highlands Art of New Guinea' by Chris Boylan and Greta North, pg. 73-83., The world of tribal arts Winter 1997, Winter 1997, 78 (colour illus.). fig.no. 14
Gallery Stephen Kellner (Australia) (Author), Native art: from the private collection previously not displayed of Mr S G Moriarty, Waverley, Sep 1966. cat.no. 13
