NIAS SHIELD

• Baluse, shield
• Nias, Sumatra, Indonesia
• Wood, rattan, paint, iron
• Length: 120 cm, width: 26 cm
• 19th Century
• Ex-collection: P. Lamaison van Heenvliet, 1857-1941.

• € 1500,--

The characteristic shape of this shield is interpreted differently: as a leaf of the banana tree, as a crocodile or as a bottom view of a large prahu.