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Painted wooden shield - approx. 40" long, 15" wide
Painted wooden shield - approx. 40" long, 15" wide
Object Number 58-18-70/3835
Display Title Painted wooden shield - approx. 40" long, 15" wide
Descriptions
Inventory Description Shield, carved wood, raised circle at center, incised, painted black, hair tufts
Classification
  • Shield
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Philippines
Materials Wood, Pigment, Animal hair, Reed, Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 98.3 x 37.5 x 6.9 cm (38 11/16 x 14 3/4 x 2 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 58-18-70/3835; #.#. Philip Reade 23rd Bat / Compliments of / Capt. G. G. Gatley

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