The Amy & Elliot Lawrence Collection

The Amy & Elliot Lawrence Collection

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War Shield, Mendi Area, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea

Auction Closed

May 24, 03:58 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

War Shield, Mendi Area, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea


Height: 46 1/2 in (118 cm)

Allen D. Christensen, The Christensen Fund (inv. no. 61688)

Sotheby's, Sydney, October 27-28, 1996, lot 45 (part), consigned by the above

Bill Evans, Sydney, acquired at the above auction

Kevin Conru, Brussels

Marcia and John Friede, Rye, acquired from the above

Sotheby’s, New York, May 14, 2010, lot 97, consigned by the above

Chris Boylan, Sydney, acquired at the above auction

Michael Hamson, Palos Verdes Estates (inv. no. MHMC-1282)

Acquired from the above on March 30, 2016

Kevin Conru, Oceanic Shields, Brussels, 2006, cover (group photograph) and n.p., cat. no. 22

Michael Hamson, advertisement, Tribal Art, Vol. XX, No. 1 (No. 78), Winter, 2015, p. 4

Michael Hamson, Oceanic Art, Palos Verdes Estates, 2016, pp. 32-35, cat. no. 14

John Friede, Terence E Hays, Christina Hellmich, eds, New Guinea Highlands: Art from the Jolika Collection, San Fransisco and New York, 2017, p. 138, fig. 6.28