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Object Number 32-68-70/D3952
Display Title Shield
Descriptions
Inventory Description Shield, carved wood, ovoid, vertical grooved front, handle
Classification
  • Shield
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley / Wyndham
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 75.2 x 10.7 x 5.8 cm (29 5/8 x 4 3/16 x 2 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D/3952
Provenance
Collector Penn Museum (1901)
Seller University of Pennsylvania (4/11/1932-5/9/1932)

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