Lot 84
KALIMANTAN SHIELD Cf. Ling Roth, H., "The Natives of Sarawak and British North Borneo", London, 1896, p.131, for a related shield now in the British Museum. Another, collected in 1889, and now in the Topenmuseum, is illustrated in Van Zonneveld, A.G., "Traditional Weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago", Leiden, 2001, p.151, fig.635. According to the author, the shield, called "utap", is said to have been the original sheild of the sea Dayaks and has been out of use since the beginning of the 20th century. 66 cm. high Provenienz Property from a Dutch private collection KALIMANTAN SHIELD Cf. Ling Roth, H., "The Natives of Sarawak and British North Borneo", London, 1896, p.131, for a related shield now in the British Museum. Another, collected in 1889, and now in the Topenmuseum, is illustrated in Van Zonneveld, A.G., "Traditional Weapons 66 cm. high Provenance Property from a Dutch private collection
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