Provenance :
– Collected in the middle of the Wahgi Valley, near the village of Banz.
– Former Chris Boylan Collection, Sydney.
– The JOLIKA Collection of Marcia & John Friede, Rye, New York.

Literature :
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. De Young. 2017
New Guinea Highlands. Art From the Jolika Collection
Illustrated on page 134, Fig. 6.25

This ancient war shield is originally from the Jimi River Valley. It is extremely rare to find a human figure on an old shield in the Western Highlands. The figure, with its outline enhanced in white and cut out with dotted lines, is painted in red, a color that on shields can communicate victory and revenge.