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Child's shield or toy with reddish brown and white design
Child's shield or toy with reddish brown and white design
Object Number 60-55-70/3921
Display Title Child's shield or toy with reddish brown and white design
Descriptions
Object Description Child's shield or toy with reddish brown and white design. The paint is heavily applied to intricate carved design. A loop of rafia fiber is tied through the top hole. A handle is carved into the back of the shield.
Inventory Description Shield, carved wood, elongated oval shape, tapered at one end, carved curvilinear designs on front, designs encrusted with red, white, and black pigments, handle on back, several small round perforations at tapered end, fiber threaded through one perforation
Classification
  • Shield
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Asmat
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia / Western New Guinea / Irian Jaya / New Guinea
Materials Wood, Pigment, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 79.7 × 18.3 × 3.3 cm (31 3/8 × 7 3/16 × 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 60-55-70/3921

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