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Object Number
48-56-70/3082
Display Title
Reed shield
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Unclassified, wood/reed rect. object w/ handle, bound w/ veg fiber, leaf frags.
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Solomon islands
/
<State>
/
Florida
Materials
Wood, Vegetable fiber, Leaf
Dimensions
Overall: 83.5 x 22.6 x 2.3 cm (32 7/8 x 8 7/8 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity
5
Label on object
48-56-70/3082
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Harry Clark
(1917 - 1948)
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