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Object Number 2004.24.7015
Display Title War Shields
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Studio
  • Weaponry and Warfare
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Artifact
  • Armament
  • Expedition
  • Shield
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Crow
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Dimensions Overall: 15.24 x 20.32 cm (6 x 8 in.)

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Men displaying decorative war shields
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Elema
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