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Three men displaying carved wooden plaques (shields?)
Three men displaying carved wooden plaques (shields?)
Object Number 2004.24.31389
Display Title Three men displaying carved wooden plaques (shields?)
Descriptions
Object Description Copy negative of photograph taken 1881-1889
Keywords
  • Sculpture General
  • Weaponry and Warfare
Subject
  • Carving
  • Shield
Department Photographic
Date 1986
Artist Hillel S. Burger
Culture
  • Papuan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / <County> / <City> / Port Moresby
Additional Geographic Terms Papuan Gulf; Marine
Materials Negative, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)

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