Provenance: Likely Ursula Konrad, 1971. Ex. Private collection, antique dealer Lau Sunde, Copenhagen. Photo confirmed by Ursula Konrad to seller, who took it during a shield party in the village og “Ocenep” in 1971. Photo illustrated in a.o.: Louisiana Revy 32. årgang nr.1, September 1991, ”Oceania – kunst fra Melanesien”,pg.25. Dirk Smidt, ”Asmat Art”, pg.151, Leiden, 1993. See attached photos.

Reference: ”Asmat - Leben mit der Ahnen”, Gunter Konrad, Ursula Konrad, Tobias Schneebaum, Heidelberg, 1981, page 52–53, ”Kampfschilde der Region A” (War shields from Region A”)