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Wooden shield
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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