A MENDI WAR SHIELD

Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art
Melbourne
24 March 2010
239

Oceanic Artefacts

Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
A MENDI WAR SHIELD

c.1930 carved wood and natural earth pigments of elongated ovoid form decorated with traditional designs in red and white pigments

127.0 cm length

Estimate: 
$4,000 - 6,000
Provenance

Private collection, Sydney
Private collection, Melbourne