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Dancing shield
Object Number 96-25-70/49447
Display Title Dancing shield
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carving, central cylindrical wooden handle connecting two flat blades, blades are curved and carved symmetrically with curvilinear designs and zoomorphic figures resembling birds
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Southeast Region; Trobriand Islands?
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 63.4 × 19.7 × 1.7 cm (24 15/16 × 7 3/4 × 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49447
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz
Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz (1896)

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