Southern Highland Shield
$24,000.00
Papua New Guinea
Southern Highlands
Shield
Height 48 1/2"
Provenance: Santa Fe Art Auction
Marcia and John Friede, Rye, New York
JOLIKA collection
David Eastburn Photographer, Australia collected in situ in 1972
Publication: Shields of Melanesia, Beran/Craig 2005, pg. 133 illustration 5.16
New Guinea Art, Masterpieces of the JOLIKA Collection, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, 2006 illustration 593
New Guinea Highlands Art of the JOLIKA Collection, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, 2017 pg. 145
A truly remarkable shield of great importance that was sold in excess of $100,000 USD to the Friede's