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Object Number 973-57-70/5392
Display Title Wooden shield with deeply incised double-face design, 62"x16"w.
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved shield, curvilinear and face design, fiber binding, v-shaped handle
Classification
  • Shield
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kwoma
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Dimensions Overall: 163 x 50 x 12.1 cm (64 3/16 x 19 11/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 973-57-70/5392 / 32 (on tape)

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