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Object Number
2004.24.23832
Display Title
Wooden shield
Descriptions
Keywords
- Studio
- Weaponry and Warfare
- Ethnographic
Subject
- Shield
- Wood
Department
Photographic
Date
1965
Artist
Arsen E. Charles
Culture
- Melanesia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
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Papua New Guinea
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Papuan G.
Materials
Negative, black and white
Dimensions
Overall: 11.43 x 8.89 cm (4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.24.23829.2 | Wooden shield with filigree work of human masks and animals intertwined |
Papua New Guinea
| ||
| 2004.24.24148 | Painted and carved wooden shield with carved figure on top |
Ewer
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| 2004.24.23829.1 | Wooden shield with filigree work of human masks and animals intertwined |
Papua New Guinea
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| 2004.24.23834 | Large painted and carved wooden shield |
Papuan G.
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| 2004.24.23836 | Carved wooden shield painted and decorated with grass |
May River
| ||
| 2004.24.23837 | Painted and carved wooden shield (Jimbes) |
Ewer
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| 2004.24.23827A | Shield with face designs |
New Guinea
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| 2004.24.23848 | Small wooden tray with human and animal heads and carved wooden plate |
Irian Jaya
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| 2004.24.23852 | Betel nut mortar, wooden ancestral figure, and wooden hanger |
Papua New Guinea
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| 2004.24.23845 | Wooden spatula, betal nut spoon, and 6 wooden lime spoons |
Trobriand Islands
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| 2004.24.25764 | Head of carved wooden paddle |
High Island
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| 2004.24.25833 | Black wooden mask, Gbini Ge |
Gompa
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