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Object Number
22-2-50/B3603
Display Title
Shields of wild buffalo hide
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Shield, circular, leather stitching on front and sides, 2 slits, hair ornament
Classification
- Shield
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Balutu?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Materials
Hide, Leather
Dimensions
Overall: 134 x 112 x 6.9 cm (52 3/4 x 44 1/8 x 2 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-2-50/B3603.1 | Shields of wild buffalo hide |
Shield
|
Cameroon
| |
| 30-66-50/H1401 | Water buffalo-hide shield |
Shield
|
Tanzania
| |
| 986-28-10/59879 | Bolo, 2 oxidized silver shields w/ ram's heads, inlaid stone, buffalo cord ends |
Bolo
|
United States
| |
| 40-64-60/7029 | Naga shield - rectangular piece of buffalo hide, basketry strap on back |
Shield
|
Assam
| |
| 20-33-60/D1554.1 | Leather (shields?) |
Shield
|
Syria?
| |
| 19-29-50/B2106 | Buffalo hide shield |
Shield
|
Kenya
| |
| 29-4-50/H742 | Shields, black and white fur borders |
Shield
|
Congo
| |
| 16-43-50/B1062 | Round hide shield |
Shield
|
Sudan
Sudan | |
| 985-27-10/59409 | Comanche shield |
Shield
|
United States
| |
| 13-9-10/85328 | Round buffalo hide shield. |
Accessory
|
United States
| |
| 22-2-50/B3591 | Basket-work shields, the bafia call themselves "bakwak" |
Shield
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3591.1 | Basket-work shields, the bafia call themselves "bakwak" |
Shield
|
Cameroon
|