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Escudo

Early to mid-19th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 353
Resplandecentes e enigmáticos, os escudos das Ilhas Salomão são escudos ordinários de vime recobertos com pasta de nozes de parinari e em seguida pintados e decorados com incrustações de madrepérola. Hoje, não devem existir mais de 25 exemplares, todos com uma decoração similar: uma figura humana no centro, talvez um guerreiro ou espírito guardião, de pé sobre uma faixa transversal muitas vezes adornada, como aqui, com rostos humanos. É provável que esses escudos frágeis fossem somente usados como objetos cerimoniais para indicar status social e as proezas guerreiras de seus portadores.

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  • Título: Escudo
  • Data: Início ou meados do século XIX
  • Geografia: Ilhas Salomão, provavelmente Nova Geórgia ou ilha Guadalcanal (escudo), possivelmente ilha Santa Isabel (incrustações)
  • Meio: Fibra, pasta de nozes de parinarium, concha de caracola nautilo, pigmento
  • Dimensões: 84,5 cm de altura
  • Linha de créditos: Coleção Comemorativa Michael C. Rockefeller, doação de Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1972
  • Número de acesso: 1978.412.730
  • Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing

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