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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Asara
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Obura-Wonenara District
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Eastern Highlands Province
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Papua New Guinea
- Cultural origin
- Tairora people
- Dates
- mid 20th century
collected 1968 - Media category
- Arms & armour
- Materials used
- wood, incised designs, pale red pigment, rattan, plant fibre string, looped plant-fibre string bag, bast sling
- Dimensions
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114.0 x 47.0 x 2.0 cm
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0 - Whole, 114 cm (44 7/8"), approx.
0 - Whole, 47 cm (18 1/2"), approx.
0 - Whole, 2 cm (13/16"), approx.
- Credit
- Gift of Jean Moriarty 1979
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 475.1979
- Copyright
- © Tairora people, under the endorsement of the Pacific Islands Museums Association's (PIMA) Code of Ethics
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
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 3 publications
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John Friede, New Guinea art: masterpieces form the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede: Volume 2, San Francisco, 2005. cat.no. 578 shows similar shield from the Lamari River area: Tairora or Awa people; entry pg. 187
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John Friede, New Guinea art: masterpieces form the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede: Volume 1, San Francisco, 2005. cat.no. 578 shows similar shield from the Lamari River area: Tairora or Awa people; colour plate pg. 609
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Natalie Wilson (Editor), Plumes and pearlshells: art of the New Guinea highlands, Sydney, 2014, 90 (colour illus.), 161. cat.no. 34
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