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Object Number 30-2-50/B4953
Display Title Paini, machete and shield
Descriptions
Inventory Description Shield, rectangular wood covered with embossed skin, zoomorphic designs
Classification
  • Shield
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bamum
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, central
Dimensions Overall: 47.2 x 37.3 x 1.9 cm (18 9/16 x 14 11/16 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-4953

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