Shield
(c. 1960)
Medium
earth pigments on wood, fibre
Measurements
104.2 × 171.0 × 17.2 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Jim Davidson, 1990
© the artists
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Simbai area, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea
Accession Number
O.20-1990
Department
Pacific Art
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Explore the collection
The sighting
Greg Semu
Fish hook
Solomon Islands
Hoari
Kereama Taepa
Yamate ceremonial board
Sakarius Apereyau
Pair of wine glasses
Andrew BROADWAY (designer); Annette WATT (designer)
Shell necklace
Orotoaba village, Tufi District, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea
Odunaige (Climbing vine with thorns and tendrils)
Nerry Keme (Namuno)
Carriages
Walker EVANS
Shell necklace
Orotoaba village, Tufi District, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea
The bathers
Anne ZAHALKA
Dance cape
Woris
The Pacific whaling ship
UNKNOWN (Scrimshander)
Shield
Asmat people, West Papua
A man of Van Diemen's Land
J. CALDWELL (engraver); John WEBBER (draughtsman)
Dahöru'e (Mountain design)
Aspasia Gadai (Yéwo)
Shield
Fore people, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
Odunaige (Climbing vine with thorns and tendrils)
Vivian Marumi (Rosuja)
Dahöru'e (Mountain design)
Aspasia Gadai (Yéwo)
Lime spatula
Massim people, Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea
Spatula
Massim people, Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea
Post
Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
House post
Paringowi village, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Mowojiya, the spirit crocodile
Burugay
Mask
Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
Omu carving
Jetmer
Spatula
Madang Province, Papua New Guinea
Necklace
Baga village, Tufi District, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea
Pacific
Peter UPWARD
Lime container
May River, West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Fa'afafine
Greg Semu