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Wooden war shield
Object Number 91-6-70/50508
Display Title Wooden war shield
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden war shield (see #50509 for more info.)
Inventory Description Shield, carved wood, rectangular, curved, polychrome pigmented designs, fiber
Classification
  • Shield
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Elema
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Papuan Gulf; Elima District
Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 89.5 x 35 x 9.5 cm (35 1/4 x 13 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50508
Provenance
Collector A. P. Goodwin (1889 - 1891)
Seller A. P. Goodwin

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