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Object Number
30-2-50/B4914
Display Title
War shields, raffia basket work, pontien
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Shield, wood frame, woven fiber, 2 colored fiber
Classification
- Shield
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Bamum
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
Cameroon, central
Materials
Fiber, Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 122 x 63 x 1.2 cm (48 1/16 x 24 13/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
30-2-50/B4914
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| |
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