Shield

Artist Unknown, New Guinea (Manam Island)

Place of OriginNew Guinea, Manam Island

Datelate 19th-early 20th Century

Dimensions47 1/16 in. (119.5 cm)

Mediumwood

ClassificationSculpture

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey, by exchange

Object number

2024.13

Not on View

Published ReferencesBenitez-Johannot, P. and Boyer, A.-M., Shields of Africa, Southeast Asia, and Oceania from the Barbier-Mueller Museum, Paris, 1998, pp. 184 and 185, no. 74. Peltier, P. et al., Shadows of New Guinea. Art of the Great Island of Oceania from the Barbier-Mueller Collections, Paris, 2006, pp. 365 and 445, no. 182.Exhibition HistoryMarseille, Centre de la Vieille Charité, MAAOA - Museum of African, Oceanic, and Native American Arts, Arts of the South Seas. Insulinde, Melanesia, Polynesia, Micronesia. Collections from the Barbier-Mueller Museum, June 5 - October 4, 1998. Paris, Mona Bismarck American Center, Shadows of New Guinea. Art of the Great Island of Oceania from the Barbier-Mueller Collections, October 3 - November 25, 2006