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Object Number 14-29-70/85751
Display Title Rainforest Shield
Descriptions
Inventory Description Shield, wood, curved oval, square central knob, multicolor, linear designs
Classification
  • Shield
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Queensland
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 91.8 x 28.7 x 9.8 cm (36 1/8 x 11 5/16 x 3 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 85751; Woodworth / #a#rus
Provenance
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
Donor Museum of Comparative Zoology (1914)

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