Painted wooden shield, called "wörrumbi", Papua New Guinea. - Lot 269

Painted wooden shield, called "wörrumbi", Papua New Guinea. A long, oval wooden board with a central ridge on the side facing the enemy. The board is pierced with two holes for a wide strap made of plant fibers. On an intense blue background, the decoration is carried by two clashing broken lines of a pinkish hue, with two white circles in the center. The colors, particularly blue, are rarely used. Mendi/Angal, Highlands, Southern Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea). Dimension: 123 cm high, 32 cm wide Estimated dating: Middle to last third of the 20th century Provenance : - Collected in situ by Grégory Ronseaux Selective bibliography : - Harry BERAN & Barry CRAIG, Shields of Melanesia, Hawai'i University Press, 2005; pp. 126-153, particularly, pp.134-136 - A.J.P. MEYER, Oceanic Art, Könemann, Cologne, 1995; pp. 301-311 (including fig. 339, p. 307) Corpus for comparison : - Musée du Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac (Paris): 72.1964.12.2 - Lot 24, Crait + Müller, Paris - June 23, 2022