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Object Number 12-4-70/84530
Display Title Shield
Descriptions
Inventory Description Shield, carved wood, hexagonal, fiber strips, painted curvilinear designs, handl
Classification
  • Shield
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kayan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo
Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo
Dimensions Overall: 133.6 x 40.7 x 7 cm (52 5/8 x 16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 84530

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