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Object Number
51-32-70/3232
Display Title
Wooden shield
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Shield, carved wood, oval, red and white grooved designs, loss, perforated
Classification
- Shield
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Western Australia
Materials
Wood, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 76.4 x 14.4 x 3.7 cm (30 1/16 x 5 11/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
Western Australia / 51-32-70/3232
Provenance
Expedition
Peabody Museum South Australian Expedition
(1951 - 1951)
Collector
Dr. Joseph B. Birdsell
(before 1951)
Collector
N.B. Tindale
(before 1951)
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