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Dance Shield
Object Number 990-5-50/12277
Display Title Dance Shield
Descriptions
Object Description Dance Shield
Inventory Description Carved wooden shield, small, conical protrusion, incised, pigmented.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tutsi?
  • Hutu?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Rwanda / Butare
Materials Wood, Pigment, Paint
Dimensions Overall: 31 x 10.5 x 12 cm (12 3/16 x 4 1/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 990-5-50/12277, 1.574
Provenance
Collector Dr. Helen Codere (1959-1960 - 05/15/90)
Donor Dr. Helen Codere (1959-1960 - 05/15/90)

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