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Object Number
47-73-70/2840
Display Title
Large wooden shield - carved and painted
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Shield, rectangular, carved serrated zigzag and circle designs, pigmented
Classification
- Shield
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Sepik, Middle
Materials
Wood, Pigment, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 191.5 x 41 x 10.5 cm (75 3/8 x 16 1/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
47-73-70/2840
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