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Dance shield
Object Number 05-31-50/64972
Display Title Dance shield
Descriptions
Inventory Description Shield, worked hide with dark fur, carved wooden handle, cut parallel designs
Classification
  • Shield
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Zulu?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Mahon
Materials Hide, Fur, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 55.2 x 29.1 x 2.2 cm (21 3/4 x 11 7/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64972

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