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Object Number 32-68-70/D4108
Display Title Shield
Descriptions
Inventory Description Shield, carved wood, ovoid, red and white grooved pigmented designs, split
Classification
  • Shield
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Mid West / Wiluna / West Creek
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 75.4 x 16 x 4.3 cm (29 11/16 x 6 5/16 x 1 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D/4108; 76; # - #
Provenance
Collector Penn Museum (1931)
Seller Penn Museum (4/11/1932-5/9/1932)

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