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176 - A rare, curved Vayola shield with fine, delicate painted dec…
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Estimate €4,500 - €5,000
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Description
A rare, curved Vayola shield with fine, delicate painted decoration. The double rattan handle is missing from the reverse. Trobriand Islands, Papua, Eastern New Guinea. Late 19th–early 20th century. 76 × 39 cm. (Visible worm-eaten areas and slight losses) The eminent ethnologist and specialist on the region, Bronislaw Malinowski, who conducted fieldwork between 1914 and 1918, stated that the use of this type of shield had already disappeared a generation earlier.
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About the sale Exclusive sale: antique and modern paintings, furniture and objets d’art, African and Oceanic Primitive Art
Auction location
Auction time 11/06/2026 at 2:00 PM
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