A MENDI WAR SHIELD

Important Aboriginal Art
Melbourne
25 March 2009
176

(SOUTHERN HIGHLAND PROVINCE, PAPUA NEW GUINEA)

A MENDI WAR SHIELD

carved wood and natural earth pigments

113.5 x 37.0 cm

of elongated ovoid form decorated with traditional designs in red and white pigment

Estimate: 
$3,000 - 5,000
Sold for $3,120 (inc. BP) in Auction 7 - 25 March 2009, Melbourne
Provenance

The Kingsford-Smith Collection, collected in the field c.1930s
Pinacothea Galleries, Melbourne
Acquired from the above c.1975
Private collection, Sydney