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Object Number
22-2-50/B3591.1
Display Title
Basket-work shields, the bafia call themselves "bakwak"
Descriptions
Object Description
Basket-work shields, the bafia call themselves "bakwak"
Inventory Description
Shield, fiber wrapped reeds, rectangular, fiber handles on 1 side, dark brown.
Classification
- Shield
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Bafia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Materials
Reed, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 88.2 x 80.1 x 2 cm (34 3/4 x 31 9/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
B3591
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