Lot: 324

Bouclier de guerre "ilo"

Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Archipel Bismarck - Nouvelle Bretagne - Arawe

Provenance	Taille	Adjugé
Alexander Kubetz, Munich, Germany	H: 142 cm; B: 29,5 cm	Vendu

wood, three-part, rattan binding, lime, natural colours (red and black),

The front is carved with sixteen concentric circles arranged in pairs.

It is believed that this design was intended to baffle and confuse onlookers, giving the wearer a psychological advantage in battle.

Heermann, Ingrid (Hg.), Form, Farbe, Phantasie, Stuttgart 2001, p. 160, ill. 96

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