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Large wooden shield with pointed ends - black painted designs
Large wooden shield with pointed ends - black painted designs
Object Number 40-39-70/1519
Display Title Large wooden shield with pointed ends - black painted designs
Descriptions
Inventory Description Shield, carved wood, hexagonal, rows of animal hair, painted human faces
Classification
  • Shield
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo
Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo
Materials Wood, Animal hair, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 144.4 x 52.2 x 8.4 cm (56 7/8 x 20 9/16 x 3 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-39-70/1519

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