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Lot 91 Dα

KALINGA SHIELD

Auction 1119 - overview Brussels
24.10.2018, 14:00 - A Sculptor´s Eye
Estimate: 2.500 € - 3.500 €
Result: 8.680 € (incl. premium)

KALINGA SHIELD
Philippines

127 cm. long

Provenance

The shield retains a fragment of an old printed and inscribed label:" leg.Dr. Mey [er?]". This could possibly be Hans Heinrich Josef Meyer (1858-1929) of the wealthy Leipzig publishing family, in which case it is likely to have been collected during his world tour of 1882. Part of the inscription on the label reads: "schild der Guina..." and during his trip Meyer collected amongst the Guinanen (the former name for the Kalinga); Many of the objects collected by Hans Meyer are now in the Museum of Ethnology in Leipzig.