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Object Number 10-52-50/80324
Display Title Shield
Descriptions
Inventory Description Shield, brown/white fur covered hide, oval, wood stick handle, hide cut out de
Classification
  • Shield
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Zulu?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / South Africa
Materials Hide, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 112.4 x 54.8 x 8.5 cm (44 1/4 x 21 9/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 80324, Peabody / Zulu / Shield
Provenance
Collector Francis A. Pierce (1896 - 1910)
Donor Estate of Francis A. Pierce (1910)

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