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Object Number 13-11-70/84629
Display Title Dance shield
Descriptions
Inventory Description Shield, ovate, carved anthropomorphic face, black, brown, and white
Classification
  • Shield
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 80 x 20 x 4.5 cm (31 1/2 x 7 7/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 84629

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