Shield

Weapon Picture: 
Period: 
19th Century

 

Kalinga tribe (Igorot), Luzon Island.

The shield face is paneled in an hourglass form, a sacred talisman signifying divine presence (Florina Capistrano-Baker, “Divine Spheres of Protection” in Protection, Power, and Display: Shields of Island Southeast Asia and Melanesia (ed.by Andrew Tavarelli, Goston: Boston College Museum of Art, 1995)

 

Overall length: 
114 cm
Source: 
www.arscives.com

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