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2321: SHIELD PAPUA NEW GUINEA OCEANIC TRIBAL ART
| Start Price |
USD 1,700.00 |
| Current Price |
USD 1,600.00 |
| Time Left |
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| Bid Count |
2 |
| Buy It Now Price |
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| Reserve Price |
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| Start Time |
Friday, October 10, 2008 |
| End Time |
Friday, October 10, 2008 |
| Location |
Alameda, CA |
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Description
Current Lot SHIELD PAPUA NEW GUINEA OCEANIC TRIBAL ART FIGHTING SHIELD, Mendi tribe, Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea. Concave hardwood with red, yellow, and blue-black natural piments, a painted bisected hourglass shape with triangles, an upper and lower incised horizontal band with triangles. Holes at center for attached rope grip. Native repairs to two vertical cracks in midsection. Early to middle part of the 20th century. 56 x 13 x 3 inches. In very good condition, appropriate for age, origin, and mediums. Two vertical cracks with native repairs at midsection, and to one short crack on one end. One end with tip scraped down to bare wood from contact with ground. Painted surface with numerous scrapes.
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