ASMAT, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Wood, polychrome decoration using mineral pigments, lime, ochre, charcoal and sago leaf fibre. The upper part of the shield is carved with a head in high relief representing a portrait of the deceased. Beautiful red, white and black symbolic polychrome and champlevé decoration of motifs representing a nose shell (bipanew), an ornament symbolic of headhunters. Height: 163 cm. Width: 33 cm. Literature: See pages 65 to 69, "BORNEO and BEYOND", tribal arts of indonesia, East Malaysia and Madagascar. Produced by Bareo Gallery, Singapore, 1990.