Asmat Shield

Probably Ipem, Wildeman River, West Papua Province

wood and natural earth pigments, with horizontal white stripes, carved handle to verso

Measurements:: height 166 cm
Provenance:: The Estate of Ray Hughes
Literature:: Cf. for comparison a similar shield from Ipem on the Wildeman River, Tjitak people, illustrated in Konrad & Schneebaum, Asmat: Leben mit den Ahnen, 1981, p. 61