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Object Number
91-6-70/50554
Display Title
War shield
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Shield, carved wood, bean shaped, woven fiber band, feather decoration, handle
Classification
- Shield
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Papua New Guinea, Southeast; Kirapuno Dist.
Materials
Wood, Vegetable fiber, Feather, Tapa
Dimensions
Overall: 80 x 50.5 x 6.5 cm (31 1/2 x 19 7/8 x 2 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50554
Provenance
Seller
A. P. Goodwin
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