Mendi Valley War Shield

A war shield, Mendi Valley, Southern Highlands Province, an old…
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A war shield, Mendi Valley, Southern Highlands Province, an old and used shield carved from hardwood with incised and painted designs. Provenance: Collected by Warwick Irvine in 1968; Irvine was set to Mendi to build the first government school there and start teaching. 131 x 41 cm

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  • Incised - A record of a name, date or inscription, or a decoration scratched into a surface, usually of a glass or ceramic item with a blunt instrument to make a coarse indentation. Compare with engraving where the surface is cut with a sharp instrument such as a metal needle or rotating tool to achieve a fine indentation.

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