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Object Number
91-6-70/50511
Display Title
Wooden war shield
Descriptions
Object Description
Wooden war shield (see 91-6-70/50509 for more information)
Inventory Description
Shield, rectangular slotted, facial designs with knotted fiber handle at center
Classification
- Shield
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1889 or earlier
Culture
- Elema
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Papuan Gulf; Elima District
Materials
Wood, Pigment, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 108 x 52.5 x 4 cm (42 1/2 x 20 11/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50511; L52/2/10
Credit Line
Museum purchase, 1891
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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| 91-6-70/50512 | Wooden war shield |
Shield
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 91-6-70/50513 | Wooden war shield |
Shield
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 91-6-70/50510 | Wooden war shield |
Shield
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 91-6-70/50509 | Wooden war shield |
Shield
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 91-6-70/50508 | Wooden war shield |
Shield
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 96-25-70/49449 | War shield |
Shield
|
Trobriand
| |
| 18-20-70/D1261 | Wooden shield, painted |
Shield
|
New Britain
| |
| 38-115-70/1034 | Wooden shield - concavo-convex type, double pronged one end, triple + |
Shield
|
Luzon
| |
| 975-56-50/11935 | War shield. 20.5 in. dia., round conical shaped shield with outward flare edges, |
Shield
|
Addis Ababa
| |
| 40-12-70/1929 | Wooden war shield - made from 3 boards lashed together; painted + |
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
|