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Object Number 30-66-50/H1391
Display Title Swagger shield
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden shield, curved oval with protruding spike and painted decoration.
Classification
  • Ornament
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Watusi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Tanzania
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 29.3 x 14.2 x 0.8 cm (11 9/16 x 5 9/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object H1391

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