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Object Number 17-22-50/87258
Display Title Shield
Descriptions
Inventory Description Shield, leather covered wood, circular w/ concave center, wood handle, leather s
Classification
  • Shield
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bashari?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nigeria
Africa / Nubia
Dimensions Overall: 64 x 60 x 12 cm (25 3/16 x 23 5/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 17-22-50/87258

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