Title
Kolkol OR watumbiy (shoulder shield)
mid 20th century
collected 1969
Artist
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Details
- Other Title
- Shield with human figure motif
- Place where the work was made
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Det
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Poroma District
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Southern Highlands Province
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Papua New Guinea
- Cultural origin
- Anganen people
- Dates
- mid 20th century
collected 1969 - Media category
- Arms & armour
- Materials used
- wood, red, black and white pigments, bamboo, machine-wove cotton sling
- Dimensions
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121.5 x 40.6 x 2.0 cm
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0 - Whole, 121.5 cm (47 13/16")
0 - Whole, 40.6 cm (16")
- Credit
- Purchased 1977
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 265.1977
- Copyright
- © the artist, under the endorsement of the Pacific Islands Museums Association's (PIMA) Code of Ethics
- Artist information
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Irupetop
Works in the collection
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19 Oct 1974 -
Plumes and pearlshells: art of the New Guinea highlands, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 May 2014–10 Aug 2014
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Bibliography
Referenced in 5 publications
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Chris Boylan and Greta North, The world of tribal arts, 'Highlands Art of New Guinea', pg. 73-83, San Francisco, Winter 1997, 79 (colour illus.). fig.no. 17
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Lynn Chua, Microchemical Journal, 'FTIR and Raman microscopy of organic binders and extraneous organic materials on painted ceremonial objects from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea', pg. 246-256, Amsterdam, 2017, 248, 252.
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Tony Tuckson, Aboriginal and Melanesian art, Sydney, 1973, 30 (illus.), 50. cat.no. H25; titled 'Shield'; wood, human figure, coloured red and white, maker's name Irupetop (deceased). Det Village, Poroma.
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Natalie Wilson (Editor), Plumes and pearlshells: art of the New Guinea highlands, Sydney, 2014, 95 (colour illus.), 161. cat.no. 39
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Natalie Wilson, Tribal art, 'Plumes and pearlshells: art of the New Guinea highlands', pg. 76-85, Belgium, Summer 2014, 80-81 (colour illus.). fig.no. 10
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