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Object Number
91-6-70/50510
Display Title
Wooden war shield
Descriptions
Object Description
Wooden war shield (see #50509 for more info.)
Inventory Description
Shield, curved, slotted rectangular, carved and painted concentric circles
Classification
- Shield
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Elema
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Papuan Gulf; Elima District
Materials
Wood, Pigment, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 104.4 x 37 x 9 cm (41 1/8 x 14 9/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50510
Provenance
Collector
A. P. Goodwin
(1889 - 1891)
Seller
A. P. Goodwin
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PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
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| 91-6-70/50508 | Wooden war shield |
Shield
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 91-6-70/50512 | Wooden war shield |
Shield
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 91-6-70/50511 | Wooden war shield |
Shield
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 91-6-70/50513 | Wooden war shield |
Shield
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 91-6-70/50509 | Wooden war shield |
Shield
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 18-20-70/D1262 | Wooden shield, 3 pieces tied together with wicker |
Shield
|
New Britain
| |
| 40-12-70/1929 | Wooden war shield - made from 3 boards lashed together; painted + |
Shield
|
New Britain
| |
| 33-32-70/130 | Painted wooden shield with cane binding |
Shield
|
New Britain
| |
| 40-12-70/1931 | Wooden war shield - made from 3 boards lashed together; painted + |
Shield
|
New Britain
| |
| 40-12-70/1930 | Wooden war shield - made from 3 boards lashed together; painted + |
Shield
|
New Britain
| |
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Shield
|
Trobriand
| |
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