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Object Number
05-31-50/64973
Display Title
Dance shield
Descriptions
Object Description
Dance shield
Inventory Description
Shield, worked hide with brown hair, elliptical, carved wooden handle with human
Classification
- Shield
- Shaft, modified
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Zulu?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
South Africa
Materials
Hide, Hair, Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 90.9 x 38.5 x 2 cm (35 13/16 x 15 3/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
05-31-50/64973
Provenance
Collector
Herman R. P. Cochran
(before 1899 - 1905)
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