Rare Enga bark shield from Papua New Guinea

A rare and old bark shield, Enga Province,Papua New Guinea;…
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A rare and old bark shield, Enga Province,Papua New Guinea; called 'Yenda konabi' Provenance: Collected by Warwick Irvine, 1968; Irvine was a teacher who built the first government school in Mendi in the late 1960's. Reference: a similar shield is in 'The Shields of Oceania' Crawford house Publishing, 2005, page 127. 116 x 42 cm

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