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Shield

Shield
 (c. 1960)

Medium
earth pigments on wood, fibre
Measurements
104.2 × 171.0 × 17.2 cm
Place/s of Execution
Simbai area, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea
Accession Number
O.20-1990
Department
Pacific Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Jim Davidson, 1990
© the artists
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
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Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
Rectangular shaped shield, incised patterns with carved rows of solid squares inside on the front of the shield. The back of shield is plain with fibre ropes threaded through two holes at the centre of shield.