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Object Number 99-12-50/53224
Display Title Shield
Descriptions
Object Description Shield
Inventory Description Sheild, thick hide, conical center, grooved ext, 2 metal orns w/wax dots, strap/
Classification
  • Shield
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • Somali
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Somalia
Dimensions Overall: 12.8 x 24.3 x 24.6 cm (5 1/16 x 9 9/16 x 9 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53224
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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