CultureAsmat people
Titles
- Shield
Date1950–1960
PlaceIndonesia
MediumWood and paint
Dimensions79 3/4 × 23 1/4 × 3 1/2 inches (202.6 × 59.1 × 8.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund
Object number91.1924
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
Lower Brown Corridor
On view
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Object Type
Catalogue raisonné
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Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1915–1920
Wood, paint, rattan, and bark
89.259
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1900–1973
Raffia, bamboo, other plant fibers, wood, paint, seeds, and feathers
73.182
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1860–1900
Wood and paint
65.37
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1935–1962
Wood, shells, hair, tusks, clay, plant fiber, and paint
62.33
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1884–1895
Wood, paint, opercula shells, lime plaster, plant fiber, bark, bark cloth, rattan, and cord
90.256
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1950–1960
Plant fiber and paint
90.407.2
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1950–1960
Plant fiber and paint
90.407.1
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1900–1925
Cane, rattan, cassowary feathers, mud, and paint
93.390
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1950–1960
Plant fiber, paint, cassowary feathers, human hair, and shell
89.258
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1900–1950
Sago spathes, plant fibers, nails, and paint
64.21
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1900–1950
Plant fiber, mud, paint, and cassowary feathers
65.8
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1900–1950
Sago spathes, cane, other plant fibers, paint, and feathers
62.43