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Object Number
47-73-70/2886
Display Title
Carved wooden shield, painted and decorated with grass
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Shield, carved wood, painted, fiber along edges and in center, cracked
Classification
- Shield
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Mai River
Materials
Wood, Pigment, Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 170 x 50 x 10 cm (66 15/16 x 19 11/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Collector
Dr. W. L. Moss
(1929 - 1947)
Donor
Dr. W. L. Moss
(1929 - 1947)
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