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Object Number
2014.9.1
Display Title
Shield
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Shield, painted hide, red, brown, semi-circles, perforated, lashed to wood frame and central wood support
Classification
- Shield
Department
Ethnographic
Date
early 1960s or earlier
Culture
- Maasai
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Kenya
Materials
Hide , Wood , Plant fiber , Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 1.8 × 100 × 67 cm (11/16 × 39 3/8 × 26 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2014.9.1
Credit Line
Gift of Pauline Wolf Frankel in loving memory of Joan Davis
Provenance
Collector
Joan Davis
Donor
Donated by
Pauline Wolf Frankel
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