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Object Number
2004.24.28267
Display Title
Wooden Dance Shield
Descriptions
Keywords
- Studio
- Dance
- Ethnographic
Subject
- Wood
- Shield
Department
Photographic
Date
1978
Artist
Hillel S. Burger
Culture
- Asmat
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Guinea
Materials
Negative, black and white
Dimensions
Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)
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