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Object Number
03-15-50/62444
Display Title
Dance shield
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Shield, worked hide with brown fur, elliptical, carved wooden handle with hair a
Classification
- Shield
- Shaft, modified
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Kaffir
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
South Africa
/
KwaZulu-Natal
Materials
Hide, Hair, Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 80 x 41.1 x 4 cm (31 1/2 x 16 3/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
62444
Provenance
Donor
John Woodford Farlow
(1903)
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