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Wooden shield with filigree work of human masks and animals intertwined
Wooden shield with filigree work of human masks and animals intertwined
Object Number 2004.24.23829.1
Display Title Wooden shield with filigree work of human masks and animals intertwined
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Studio
  • Ethnographic
  • Design
  • Weaponry and Warfare
Subject
  • Wood
  • Shield
Department Photographic
Date 1965
Artist Arsen E. Charles
Culture
  • Melanesia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Sepik River
Materials Negative, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 8.89 cm (4 x 3 1/2 in.)

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Wooden shield with filigree work of human masks and animals intertwined
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Earring
Take-tonpo Village
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Earring
Take-tonpo Village
Woman's filigree earring - filigree work basically of chinese origin, +
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Earring
Take-tonpo Village
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