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Object Number 2004.24.18218
Display Title Anthropomorphic shield
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Studio
  • Weaponry and Warfare
Subject
  • Publication
  • Shield
Department Photographic
Artist Frederick Rhodes Pleasants
Culture
  • Melanesia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Intrasite Tshambuli area
Additional Geographic Terms Sepik River
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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