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Object Number
78-5-30/16765A
Display Title
Shields (a and b), fibre
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Shield, basketry, with conical center projection
Classification
- Shield
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1878
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Brazil
/
Amazonas
Additional Geographic Terms
Rio Uaupes
Materials
Reed, Fiber, Cane
Dimensions
Overall: 60 x 59 x 9.5 cm (23 5/8 x 23 1/4 x 3 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
16765a
Credit Line
Gift of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1878
Provenance
Collector
Thayer Expedition
Collector
Prof. Louis Agassiz
Donor
Donated by
Museum of Comparative Zoology
(December 1878)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78-5-30/16765B | Shields (a and b), fiber |
Shield
|
Amazonas
| |
| 24-32-50/B3706 | Shields |
Shield
|
Uganda
| |
| 08-12-30/73039 | Dance shield of basketry |
Shield
|
South America
| |
| 22-2-50/B3591 | Basket-work shields, the bafia call themselves "bakwak" |
Shield
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3591.1 | Basket-work shields, the bafia call themselves "bakwak" |
Shield
|
Cameroon
| |
| 78-5-30/16765 | Shields (a and b), fibre |
Amazonas
| ||
| 39-39-50/4509 | Shield - oval shape, fibre coiled around long strips of wood ("ngabo") |
Shield
|
Nyaruanda
| |
| 24-32-50/B3706.1 | Shield, curved oval, conical projection center, incised and painted, handle back |
Shield
|
Uganda
| |
| 96-25-70/49452 | War shields |
Shield
|
Kerepurne
| |
| 96-25-70/49451 | War shields |
Shield
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 33-38-70/147.1 | Shields |
Shield
|
Philippines
| |
| 33-38-70/147.2 | Shields |
Shield
|
Philippines
|