Rhinoceros hide shield

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Object Number 99-12-60/52854

Display Title Rhinoceros hide shield

Descriptions

Inventory Description Shield, hide, round, six metal knobs at front with rings at back, incised design

Classification

Shield

Department Ethnographic

Date before 1899

Culture

Indian

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Asia / India

Materials Hide, Metal

Dimensions Overall: 42 x 41 x 7 cm (16 9/16 x 16 1/8 x 2 3/4 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 52854

Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899

Provenance

Provenance Boston Museum

Donor David P. Kimball

Donor L. Cushing Kimball

Donor Augusta K. Horton

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