Unknown
(Papua New Guinea)
- Title
- Shield
- Other titles:
- Shield with human figure and kina shell motif
- Place of origin
-
Map →
Mendi →
Southern Highlands Province →
Papua New Guinea
- Cultural origin
- Mendi people
- Year
- collected 1969
- Media category
- Arms & armour
- Materials used
- wood, black, red, white earth pigments
- Dimensions
-
132.1 x 38.1cm:
0 - Whole; 132.1cm (52")
0 - Whole; 38.1cm (15")
- Credit
- Purchased 1977
- Accession number
- 264.1977
- Location
- Not on display
- Bibliography (2)
-
Tony Tuckson (Egypt; England; Australia, b.1921, d.1973) (Author), Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Domain, 1973, 30 (illus.), 50. cat.no. H24; titled 'Shield'
Ian North (New Zealand; Australia, b.1945) (Editor), Special exhibitions at the Art Gallery of South Australia: Seventh Adelaide Festival of Arts 1972, Adelaide, 1972. cat.no. 102; titled 'Shield'
- Exhibition history (2)
-
Arts of Oceania: Seventh Adelaide Festival of Arts 1972, Art Gallery of South Australia, Mar 1972–Mar 1972.
Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 19 Oct 1974 -.
